IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Copus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CA029022
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA029022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0591
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62524
  • 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: 35.1944427
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3036118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Benedict
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Copus
  • PSC - 46 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Copus (Satelite)
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—46

    46—76

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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

    0

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    83

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    15

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    Ap2—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03459. effervescence is continuous
    Ap2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; weak coarse and very coarse angular blocky structure; very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03460. common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bw—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03461. few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bss—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03462. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; many medium prominent 10YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous