IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waukena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA047003
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA047003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38204
  • 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: 37.0980568
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7627792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: In San Luis SCD, southwest corner of Delta Road and Henry Miller Road, 100 feet south and 100 feet west of corner. NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA047—Merced
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA648—Merced Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Huff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Natrixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waukena
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waukena
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1955 (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
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    30

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24059. The soil reacts slightly to HCl.
    B1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24060. The soil reacts slightly to HCl.
    B21—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24061. The soil reacts slightly with HCl.
    B22—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24062. The soil reacts to HCl. There are conspicuous seams of lime throughout this horizon.
    B31CA—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24063. The soil effervesces with HCl.
    B32CA—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) and pale yellow (5Y 8/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2) and light gray (5Y 7/2), moist; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24064. The soil effervesces wit HCl.
    B33CA—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) and white (10YR 8/1), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24065. The soil reacts violently to HCl and has many pinkish lime concretions, 5 to 10 mm. in diameter.
    C—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24066. There are many iron and manganese streaks throughout this horizon.