IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tulare
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CA031001
  • User Pedon ID: 89CA031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0394
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61498
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 36.0541649
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6422195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 60 feet north of the SE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA031—Kings
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA031—Kings County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DWB, SEA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Fluvaquentic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tulare
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/2018
  • Classifier - Phil Smith
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tulare
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), thermic Verti
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    free carbonates

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—38

    0—152

    38—152

    38—135

    71—152

    —38—

    —152—

    —114—

    —97—

    —81—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    —

    —

    55

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    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay; 52 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02185. Pedon structure altered by tillage. Cracks range from up to 40 cm wide at the surface to 1 cm at 58 cm. Cracks are 15 cm to 45 cm apart.
    Ap2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 52 percent clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02186. Cracks range from up to 40 cm wide at the surface to 1 cm at 58 cm. Cracks are 15 cm to 45 cm apart.
    A—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; 48 percent clay; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 89P02187
    Bg1—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silty clay; 40 percent clay; 3 percent olive (5Y 4/4) coarse distinct and 3 percent pale olive (5Y 6/4) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent coarse distinct pale olive (5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent coarse distinct olive (5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; shell fragments fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02188
    Bg2—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); 50 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1), 50 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 50 percent light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; stratified stratified silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine platy structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; shell fragments fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02189
    Bg3—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; 55 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent and 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate fine platy, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; shell fragments fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02190
    Bg4—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; stratified stratified silty clay; 60 percent clay; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; shell fragments fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02191