IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bitcreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92CA029003
  • User Pedon ID: 92CA029003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 92CA029003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65639
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 34.9322110
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3926024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 north
  • Range: 24 west
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet west and 600 feet north of southeast corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA691—Kern County, California, Southwest Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34119-H4—Ballinger Canyon, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KJO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bitcreek
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bitcreek
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: hills
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 131-54
  • 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

    2FA

    BRRU2

    BRTE

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    Bromus rubens

    Bromus tectorum

    Forb, annual

    red brome

    cheatgrass

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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

    16

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    1173

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    0

    279

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    16.7

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2355; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2356; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2357; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films and 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2358; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt3—56 to 92 centimeters (22.0 to 36.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2359; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt4—92 to 122 centimeters (36.2 to 48.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2360; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt5—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2361; observed in pit, large or quarry. Test for slaking.
    Btqm1—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, weakly cemented, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; faint silica coats on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2362; observed in pit, large or quarry. Test for slaking.; patchy - phpvsfiid 107867; patchy - phpvsfiid 107867
    Btqm2—160 to 188 centimeters (63.0 to 74.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, weakly cemented, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; faint silica coats on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2363; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 107869; patchy - phpvsfiid 107869
    B't—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P2364; observed in pit, large or quarry