IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McKittrick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CA029004
  • User Pedon ID: 89CA029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0553
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61655
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 35.2494278
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0803757
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 80 feet N of dirt road, 400 feet E of canal (measured along E-W dirt road) 1900 feet W and 1240 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Southwest Kern.
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McKittrick
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid Typic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. structure ranges from loose to clods 5" in diameter; pores inside clods; few very fine and fine roots
    A—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03074. few very fine and fine roots
    C1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03075. few very fine and fine roots
    C2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03076. few very fine roots
    C3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; strong very fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03077. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    C4—81 to 130 centimeters (31.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    C5—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; sandy loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. few very fine roots