IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CALICREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93CA668001
  • User Pedon ID: 93CA668001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0472
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65815
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 35.2680556
  • Std. Longitude: -118.7986111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 400 ft. N, 2500 ft. E of SW corner sec. 29, T.30S., R.30E., 16th row of almond trees N of Panama Rd., 7th row W of E edge of orchard.
  • Map Unit: 213—Calicreek loamy coarse sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA668—Kern County, Northeastern Part, and Southeastern Part of Tulare County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Regal and Maxine Levin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, superactive, thermic Xeric Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CALICREEK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calicreek
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/22/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 761
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—30

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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

    1

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    180

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    180

    203

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    17

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    18

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03535
    Ap2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03536
    C1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; 3 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03537. stratified, fine sandy loam, loam, and silty loam.
    C2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03538
    Ab—56 to 58 centimeters (22.0 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 15.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 93P03539
    C'1—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; stratified silt loam; 9 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 5.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03540
    C'2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03541
    C3—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03542
    C4—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03543
    C5—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03544
    C6—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P03545