IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alviso
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA001002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA001002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44655
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Located approximately 1160 feet west and 100 feet north of the intersection of Lowry Road and Newark Blvd. in the city of Hayward, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA001—Alameda
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37122-F1—Hayward, California

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alviso
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SALIC

    Salicornia

    pickleweed

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    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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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00144
    C1—15 to 45 centimeters (5.9 to 17.7 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00145
    C2—45 to 59 centimeters (17.7 to 23.2 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) and black (N 2/0) and black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00146
    C3—59 to 107 centimeters (23.2 to 42.1 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) and black (N 2/0) silty clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00147
    C4—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5. Lab sample # 73C00148