IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clear Lake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA097009
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA097009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38216
  • 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: 38.2483330
  • Std. Longitude: -122.6086121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Matteri Ranch. , projected. From the junction of East Washington Street with Ely Road, 4000 feet due southeast on Ely Road, thence 880 feet due southwest along Homestead Road and into pastured field, 30 feet northwest of field boundary fence (on southerly side of field). (Site spotted on photo No. CSH-1BB-163).
  • State: California
  • County: CA097—Sonoma
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA097—Sonoma County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Xeric Endoaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clear Lake
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clear Lake
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: flat
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CSH1BB163
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    13

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    635

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    14.4

    18.9

    8.3

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    AP—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; clay; very fine and fine granular structure; very hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24146
    AP2—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; clay; massive; very hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24147
    A11G—18 to 63 centimeters (7.1 to 24.8 inches); gray (N 6/0) and black (N 2/0), very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; clay; 3 percent gray (N 6/0) fine distinct mottles; hard when dry, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24148. few segregated lime blotches.
    A12G—63 to 102 centimeters (24.8 to 40.2 inches); black (N 2/0), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; clay; 3 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine distinct and 3 percent black (N 2/0) fine distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24149. evidence of vertical cracking from surface down, streaks of lighter color in old cracks; lime is segregated.
    ACG—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (N 5/0), dry; clay; 21 percent light gray (N 7/0) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24150. segregated lime blotches; fragments of black A horizon churned in throughout.
    C1G—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; 21 percent white (5Y 8/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24151. segregated lime blotches oriented horizontally.
    C2G—137 to 196 centimeters (53.9 to 77.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24152
    C3G—196 to 221 centimeters (77.2 to 87.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent light gray (5Y 7/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24153. lime not segregated.