IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weedpatch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CA029007
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA029007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0576
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62509
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.2094460
  • Std. Longitude: -118.9574966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 75 feet east of property line and 200 feet north of Bear Mountain Blvd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Benedict
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weedpatch
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weedpatch
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1990 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    15—51

    51—157

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    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

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    —

    98

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    15

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03343; dry when described;. few fine roots; few medium roots
    Bwn1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03344; dry when described;. few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233478; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233478
    Bwn2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coats on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03345; dry when described;. few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233479; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233479
    Bkn1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses and 11 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03346; dry when described;. many medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; common medium and coarse lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    Bkn2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 30 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses and 11 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03347; dry when described;. many medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; common medium and coarse lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    Bkn3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; 1 percent olive (5Y 4/3) fine prominent and 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses and 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03348; dry when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; few fine prominent 5Y43 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    Bkn4—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses and 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 90P03349; dry when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium lime concretions concentrations