IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FRESNO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CA019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CA019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958CA019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2851
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37430
  • 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: 36.6261101
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0449982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2,390 feet west and 1,640 feet south of northeast corner, NW1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA654—Eastern Fresno Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Ulrich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Natric Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FRESNO
  • PSC - 15 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fresno
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1958 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DISTI

    SALIC

    Distichlis

    Salicornia

    saltgrass

    pickleweed

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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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    67

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    229

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    17.2

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loam; weak very fine granular, and massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots top of horizon and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22505. Reaction not determined in field, see laboratory data; the texture is questionable; it is being mapped fine sandy loam.
    B2t—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and 75 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22506. patchy - phpvsfiid 1695483; patchy - phpvsfiid 1695483
    B3t—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22507. patchy - phpvsfiid 1695480; patchy - phpvsfiid 1695480
    C1sicam—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, moist; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22508. This extremely cemented crusty cementing material appears elsewhere in the hardpan but it is thinner, more lenselike and less continuous than on the upper surface of the hardpan; very thin light colored lime segregations and crusts may also appear on the surface of the hardpan and at various places within the hardpan horizon; the lower portion of the hardpan becomes more platy, lenselike, and fragmental and softer materials are also present; calcareous (amount uncertain) with little if any softening upon treatment with dilute acid.
    C2sica—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; stratified fine sandy loam to loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; massive; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22509. Most of the lime being softly segregated in a reticulate pattern or in very thin slightly hardened masses and lenses.
    C3sica—99 to 160 centimeters (39.0 to 63.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; stratified fine sand to silt; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22510. Variable slightly to strongly calcareous in very thin lenses and seams of softly to somewhat hardened lime segregations, probably will average moderately calcareous.
    C4—160 centimeters (63.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; stratified fine sand to silt; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A22511