IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loslobos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92CA029002
  • User Pedon ID: 92CA029002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 92CA029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0295
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65638
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 35.0180448
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0584281
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 north
  • Range: 20 west
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet east and 600 feet south of northwest 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: 35119-A1—Coal Oil Canyon, California

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: unconsolidated mixed sediments
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 431-254
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    AVENA

    BRDI3

    Avena

    Bromus diandrus

    oat

    ripgut brome

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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

    68

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    305

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    0

    279

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    16.7

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2348; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A2—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2349; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2350; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 90 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P2351; observed in pit, large or quarry. Stone line has discontinuous lcos strata.; continuous - phpvsfiid 107856; continuous - phpvsfiid 107856
    Bkb1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 90 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2352; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 107857; continuous - phpvsfiid 107857
    Bkb2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2353; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107858; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107858
    Bkb3—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 40 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P2354; observed in pit, large or quarry. Includes discontinuous horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107859; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107859