IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fages
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90CA691014
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA691014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0583
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62516
  • 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: 35.1488889
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3094444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Oster
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fages
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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

    23—89

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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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    90

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    15

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    A p—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; massive; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P3400; dry when described;. few very fine roots
    B tnz—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior and brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3) exterior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P3401; dry when described;. few fine roots; few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 378885; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 378885
    B tnyz—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior and brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3) exterior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films; 1 percent medium spherical gypsum masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P3402; dry when described;. few medium masses of gypsum concentrations; few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 378886; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 378886
    B nyz—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent medium spherical gypsum masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P3403; dry when described;. common medium masses of gypsum concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    2B nyz1—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine cylindrical gypsum threads; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P3404; dry when described;. few fine gypsum threads concentrations
    2B nyz2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; massive; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical gypsum threads; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P3405; dry when described;. common fine gypsum threads concentrations
    2B nyz3—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; clay loam; massive; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine cylindrical gypsum threads; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 90P3406; dry when described;. few fine gypsum threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous