IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vernalis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CA099013
  • User Pedon ID: 91CA099013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63401
  • 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: 37.4333344
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1166687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 8
  • Location Description: W. Stanislaus
  • State: California
  • County: CA099—Stanislaus

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vernalis
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vernalis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Calcixerollic Xerochrep
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1991 (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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    41

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many fine and medium roots
    A—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02044. many very fine roots
    Contr—25 to 102 centimeters (9.8 to 40.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P02043. mixed control section for particle size analysis
    Bt—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Btk—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02045. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous