IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA071010
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA071010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CA071010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2953
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38082
  • 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: 34.8355560
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6100006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet S and 250 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: about 4 miles E of Newberry.
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA671—San Bernardino County, California, Mojave River Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milham
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milham
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATCO

    ATCO

    CHRYS9

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Chrysothamnus

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    rabbitbrush

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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

    1

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    549

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    102

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; coarse sand; single grain; soft, loose; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23295. almost devoid of plant roots.
    B2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; hard when dry, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23296. almost devoid of plant roots.
    B2CA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine gravelly loamy sand; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium prominent mottles; hard when dry, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23297. almost devoid of plant roots.
    2C1—41 to 91 centimeters (16.1 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent fine and 3 percent prominent mottles; massive; very hard, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23298. devoid of plant roots.
    2C2—91 to 145 centimeters (35.8 to 57.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent fine and medium mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23299