IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vernalis clay loam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92CA099002
  • User Pedon ID: 92CA099002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0178
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65522
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 37.4350000
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1233333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West Stanislaus, sec. 7, T.6S., R.8E.
  • State: California
  • County: CA099—Stanislaus
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.S.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vernalis clay loam
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1990
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 237-8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine to medium roots; 10.0 very fine to medium tubular and 10.0 very fine to medium interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1445
    A—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine to medium interstitial and 10.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1446
    Bt—50 to 86 centimeters (19.7 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; dendritic lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1447. patchy - phpvsfiid 107922; patchy - phpvsfiid 107922
    Btk1—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides and 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; dendritic lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P1448. patchy - phpvsfiid 107923; continuous - phpvsfiid 107924; patchy - phpvsfiid 107923; continuous - phpvsfiid 107924
    Btk2—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; 28 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides; dendritic lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P1449. patchy - phpvsfiid 107925; continuous - phpvsfiid 107926; patchy - phpvsfiid 107925; continuous - phpvsfiid 107926