IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sacramento
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964CA113011
  • User Pedon ID: S1964CA113011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38146
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.8513870
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7425003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: A pit located 3/4 mile northeast of State Hwy. 45 and County Road 109A, 50 feet southeast of Road 109A, T.12N, R.2E. (section lines not surveyed), 4 miles northwest of Knights Landing. Photo ABB-41T-134.
  • State: California
  • County: CA113—Yolo
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA113—Yolo County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. B. Goudey.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sacramento
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • 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
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ABB41T134
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    7

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    406

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23676
    A12—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), gray (5Y 5/1) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23677; moist when described;
    A13—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23678; moist when described;
    A14—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), gray (10YR 5/1) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; clay; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23679; moist when described;
    A15—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23680; moist when described;
    C1—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A23681; moist when described;
    C2—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23682; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 186994; patchy - phpvsfiid 186994
    C3—188 to 213 centimeters (74.0 to 83.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23683; moist when described;