IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hanford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945CA103002
  • User Pedon ID: S1945CA103002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2962
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38091
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.9855537
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2247238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: Pit located 0.1 mile south of the N1/4 corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Roberts and R. A. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hanford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HANFORD
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    2

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    94

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    483

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    16.7

    27.8

    7.2

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23353; moist when described;
    A11—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23354; moist when described;
    B21—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23355; moist when described;
    B22—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23356; moist when described;
    B23—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23357; moist when described;
    2C1—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23358; moist when described;
    2C2—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; single grain; loose, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23359; moist when described;