IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Piper
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957CA013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1957CA013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957CA013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2982
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38111
  • 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: 38.0297203
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6308365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NE corner of SE1/4 SW1/4
  • Location Description: projected. Eastern Contra Costa SCD. Bethel Island, Honegger Ranch at Pit Silo 1/2 mile due east of house.
  • Map Unit: Pe—Piper loamy sand, partially drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA013—Contra Costa
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA013—Contra Costa County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37121-H5—Woodward Island, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, calcareous, thermic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Piper
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2016
  • Classifier - Ed Tallyn
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Piper
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, thermic Aeric Halaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1957
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R016XA004CA Island Sandhills Mar 18 2016 Jon Gustafson

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1957 (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

    BRRU2

    Bromus rubens

    red brome

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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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    O—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; muck; granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23478. The soil mass is noncalcareous but lime occurs as small nodules which appear to have been brought up from the underlying horizon.
    Bg1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23479. The soil reacts violently to dilute HCl and lime is disseminated. Root holes have iron coatings. Krotovinas are common.
    Bg2—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23480. The soil reacts violently to dilute HCl, the pH is 8.0. Rust-colored iron stains follow root holes into horizon below.
    Bg3—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23481. Root holes have rust colored coatings. Soil reacts violently to dilute HCl.
    2C—97 to 97 centimeters (38.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23482. Soil reacts violently to dilute HCl.