IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bitterwater

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 92CA029004

User Pedon ID: 92CA029004

Vegetation Plot ID: 92CA029004

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 93P0297

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65640

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 35.0713889

Std. Longitude: -119.4308333

Datum: WGS84

Township: 11 north

Range: 24 west

Section: 3

PLSS Details: 1900 feet east and 1950 feet south of northwest 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: 35119-A4—Maricopa, California

PEDON

Describers Name: KJO

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Typic Torriorthents

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Bitterwater

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Bitterwater

Classificaton Date - 11/19/1992

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone and shale

Landscape: hills

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Shape Across: linear

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: 131-50

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby

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
AMSIN ATPO BRRU2 CROTO ERCI6 POSA12	Amsinckia Atriplex polycarpa Bromus rubens Croton Erodium cicutarium Poa sandbergii	fiddleneck cattle saltbush red brome croton redstem stork's bill —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon paralithic contact	0—61 109—	—- —-

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
52	—	—	366	—	324	178	—	—	17.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2365; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

A2—7 to 28 centimeters (2.8 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2366; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bw—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2367; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bk1—50 to 64 centimeters (19.7 to 25.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P2368; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bk2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; loam; 20 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 interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2369; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

2Bky—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); pale yellow (5Y 8/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P2370; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

2Cr—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 93P2371; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry