IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pleito
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92CA029001
  • User Pedon ID: 92CA029001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 92CA029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65637
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 34.9555556
  • Std. Longitude: -118.9766667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 north
  • Range: 22 west
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet west of southeast corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA691—Kern County, California, Southwest Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34118-H8—Grapevine, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PWB, KJO, AT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pleito
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pleito
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan piedmont
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 377-4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRRU2

    ERCI6

    Bromus rubens

    Erodium cicutarium

    red brome

    redstem stork's bill

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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

    3

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    472

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    90

    254

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    17.2

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2339; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Surface is heavily grazed and horizon appears compacted.
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2340; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Surface is heavily grazed and horizon appears compacted.
    Bw—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2341; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk1—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2342; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk2—63 to 81 centimeters (24.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; 33 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2343; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk3—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); 67 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 33 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 67 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 33 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2344; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Krotovinas filled with (10YR 3/3) soil; lab sampled matrix only.
    Bk4—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2345; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk5—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2346; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Btk—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P2347; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry