IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Capay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CA099004
  • User Pedon ID: 91CA099004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0345
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63392
  • 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: 37.6013870
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3000031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Stanislaus County, W part #642, 2800 feet N and 2800 feet W, W. of Welty Rd. and S of Gafferty Rd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA099—Stanislaus

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Capay
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Chromoxererts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (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
    • 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
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    47

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    A1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. common fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bss1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02022. few intersecting slickensides surface features; common very fine and fine roots
    Bss2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots
    Bk1—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    Bk2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog.