IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pilotwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93CA668005
  • User Pedon ID: 93CA668005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0476
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65819
  • 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: 35.3750000
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1591667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Regal and Maxine Levin
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pilotwell
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/24/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 615
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    39

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    1585

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    180

    203

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 15.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 16 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P3563
    C1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 16 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P3564
    C2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 17 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P3565
    Cr1—64 to 69 centimeters (25.2 to 27.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 93P3566. highly weathered loose granitic rock.
    Cr2—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 93P3567. moderately weathered granitic rock.