IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MACAGCE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997CA071007
  • User Pedon ID: 97CA071007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0421
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10104
  • 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: 34.2788887
  • Std. Longitude: -116.2086105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 190 feet east and 200 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA699—Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34116-C2—Deadman Lake SW, California
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JCR, AAR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, thermic Durinodic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MACAGCE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Macagce
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, thermic Durinodic Haplocalcid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38
  • Plant Association Name: Range site No.: 030XB019NV
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    durinodes

    0—3

    3—99

    10—53

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    727

    90

    102

    19.4

    28.9

    11.1

    20.6

    30

    12.2

    CA9099

    Twentynine Palms

    TAPS, FROST AND

    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02535
    Bk—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine continuous tubular pores; 15 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; 30 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P02536
    Bkq1—10 to 53 centimeters (3.9 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak thick platy structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots top of horizon and 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 3.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 5 percent coarse platy very strongly coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silica concretions and 10 percent coarse and very coarse spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 40 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical moderately coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) durinodes; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; 15 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02537
    Bkq2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 4 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent coarse irregular strongly coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) durinodes and 2 percent medium and coarse spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate masses and 12 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02538
    Bkq3—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 4 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 35 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical weakly coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) durinodes and 18 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; 35 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02539
    Bkq4—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravelly coarse sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 3 percent coarse spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate masses and 2 percent medium irregular moderately coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) durinodes and 4 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02540
    Ckq1—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent coarse cylindrical moderately coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) durinodes and 10 percent fine spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02541
    Ckq2—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 5 percent medium irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate masses and 30 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical weakly coherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) durinodes; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P02542