IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hesperia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94CA019001B
  • User Pedon ID: 94CA019001B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66501
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 36.5505023
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0129157
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 south
  • Range: 18 east
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet south and 1700 feet west of the NE corner
  • Location Description: App. 5 miles NE of Helm, CA
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA654—Eastern Fresno Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36120-E1—Helm, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hesperia
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hesperia
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flood-plain playa
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and 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
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    Ap1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; 6 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine to medium discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P2023
    Ap2—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; 6 percent clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint irregular mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P2024. patchy - phpvsfiid 107712; patchy - phpvsfiid 107712
    Ap3—44 to 55 centimeters (17.3 to 21.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; 12 percent clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint irregular mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately cemented by silica, moderately sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate threads throughout; 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 94P2025. patchy - phpvsfiid 108136; patchy - phpvsfiid 108136