IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sacramento
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964CA113010
  • User Pedon ID: S1964CA113010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38145
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.8269463
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7480545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: A pit located about 100 feet east of the intersection of Hwy 45 and Road 112, T.12N, R.2E., (sections not surveyed), located about 2.25 miles northwest of Knights Landing. Photo ABB-41T-131.
  • State: California
  • County: CA113—Yolo
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA113—Yolo County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. J. Staidl
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sacramento
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sacramento
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ABB41T131
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

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    8

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    406

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23668; moist when described;
    A12—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 roots; 3.0 tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23669; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187012; continuous - phpvsfiid 187012
    A13—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A23670; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187004; continuous - phpvsfiid 187004
    A14—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and olive (5Y 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), gray (5Y 5/1) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23671; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187005; continuous - phpvsfiid 187005
    A15—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23672; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187006; continuous - phpvsfiid 187006
    C1—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23673; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187007; continuous - phpvsfiid 187007
    C2—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23674; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 186999; continuous - phpvsfiid 186999
    C3—175 to 176 centimeters (68.9 to 69.3 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and olive (5Y 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), gray (5Y 6/1) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry; silty clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots and 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine and medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23675; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187000; continuous - phpvsfiid 187000