IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mohave
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA071001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2937
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38066
  • 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: 34.4719429
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3022232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 400 feet north, 150 feet east of the south quarter corner
  • Location Description: about 4 miles south of Victorville, California , 0.7 miles west of the intersection of Hesperia Road and Bear Valley Road.
  • 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: Fred C. Eggers and George Borst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mohave
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mohave
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    1

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    924

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    0

    152

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    18.9

    25.6

    5.6

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23162
    B1T—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23163
    B2T—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23164
    B31T—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23165
    B32T—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23166
    C1—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23167
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23168