IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zalvidea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CA029012
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA029012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0581
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62514
  • 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: 35.1952782
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2430573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Benedict, Ken Oster
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Haplogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zalvidea
  • PSC - 36 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zalvidea
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Gypsiorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    petrogypsic horizon

    0—36

    36—102

    152—160

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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

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    86

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    15

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; sandy loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03385. few fine roots; few medium roots; effervescence is continuous
    Apy—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent medium and coarse gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P03386. many medium and coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine roots; common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    By1—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (5Y 8/3), dry; sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent very coarse dark nodules; 30 percent medium and coarse gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03387. many medium and coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; few very coarse dark nodules concentrations; few very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    By2—64 to 71 centimeters (25.2 to 28.0 inches); pale yellow (5Y 8/2), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; sandy loam; hard, firm, weakly cemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent medium and coarse gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03388. many medium and coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    By3—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 8/3), dry; sandy loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent medium and coarse dark nodules; 30 percent medium and coarse gypsum masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03389. many medium and coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; few medium and coarse dark nodules concentrations; many coarse prominent 10YR58 mottles
    By4—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 8/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent very coarse and extremely coarse dark nodules; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03390. many very coarse and extremely coarse dark nodules concentrations; many coarse prominent 10YR58 mottles
    By5—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 8/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03391. many coarse prominent 10YR58 mottles
    Bym—152 to 160 centimeters (59.8 to 63.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 8/3), dry; very hard, very firm, strongly cemented; fragments.