IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LANDLOW
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998CA047001
  • User Pedon ID: 98CA047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0382
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10652
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: California
  • County: CA047—Merced
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Cook, Chuck Ferrari, Glenn Stanisewski
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LANDLOW
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Aquic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/1998
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: rim
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/27/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—35

    35—190

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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

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, 50 percent black (2.5Y 2/1) interior, moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 medium high-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02228
    A2—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); 29 percent clay; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02229
    Bt—35 to 60 centimeters (13.8 to 23.6 inches); 39 percent clay; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) iron depletions throughout; carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02230
    Btk1—60 to 90 centimeters (23.6 to 35.4 inches); 38 percent clay; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent coarse irregular very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) iron depletions throughout; 1 percent fine and medium irregular clay bodies throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02231
    Btk2—90 to 130 centimeters (35.4 to 51.2 inches); 40 percent clay; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02232
    Btk3—130 to 190 centimeters (51.2 to 74.8 inches); 40 percent clay; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P02233