IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sorrell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93CA668003
  • User Pedon ID: 93CA668003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93CA668003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0474
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65817
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 35.3625000
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3141667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 3 miles S of Sorrell Peak and 1 mile S of Sequoia National Forest Boundary; 100 ft. S, 2600 ft. E of NW corner of sec. 3, T.30S., R.34E.
  • Map Unit: 268—Tunis-Tollhouse-Sorrell association, 30 to 75 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA668—Kern County, Northeastern Part, and Southeastern Part of Tulare County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Regal and Dan Martyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sorrell
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Argixerolls
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/1993
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/23/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 610
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTR2

    QUBE5

    Artemisia tridentata

    Quercus berberidifolia

    big sagebrush

    scrub oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—51

    28—91

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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

    35

    61

    61

    1513

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    315

    406

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments and 11 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P3551; dry when described;
    ABt—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments and 8 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P3552; dry when described;
    Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments and 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P3553; moist when described;
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments and 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P3554; moist when described;
    Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent distinct clay films between sand grains; 4 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments and 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, intermediate fragments, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P3555; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108560; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108560
    Cr—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots in cracks; fragments, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P3556; moist when described;