IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cropley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA071026
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA071026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43630
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 33.9900017
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7230530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: About 1/2 mile west of Highway 71, and about 45 feet north of Eucalyptus Avenue, SW1/4, SW1/4, SE1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA677—San Bernardino County Southwestern Part, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. A. Knecht, W. Z. Brock
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cropley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Aridic Haploxererts
  • PSC - 25 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1969
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1969 (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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; strong very coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00302; moist when described;
    AC1—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    AC2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00303; moist when described;
    C1—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C2—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described;