IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deldota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CA099007
  • User Pedon ID: 91CA099007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0348
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63395
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.2922211
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0355530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet N, 1100 feet W SE 1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA099—Stanislaus

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deldota
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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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    29

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02028. many pressure faces surface features; many very fine roots
    Ap2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02029. many pressure faces surface features; few medium roots; common very fine roots
    A—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02030. many pressure faces surface features; common very fine roots
    Bw—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; very fine tubular pores; 55 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    Bk1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent pressure faces; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    Bk2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent pressure faces; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    Bk3—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent pressure faces; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    Bk4—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; violent effervescence. few very fine roots