IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUROC
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44764
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 34.9174995
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1547241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: Southeastern part- SE 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Kern County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA670—Kern County, California, Southeastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, shallow Typic Haplodurids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MUROC
  • PSC - 25 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muroc
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: pediment, hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 60.00 percent 2- to 8-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (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

    2FA

    2GA

    AMDU2

    EPTO

    LATR2

    YUBR

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    Ambrosia dumosa

    Ephedra torreyana

    Larrea tridentata

    Yucca brevifolia

    Forb, annual

    Grass, annual

    burrobush

    Torrey's jointfir

    creosote bush

    Joshua tree

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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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

    2

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    838.2

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    127

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    202

    18.8

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00019
    A12—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00020
    A13—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; carbonate concretions throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00021
    C1SICAM—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; cemented; massive; extremely hard, very firm; fine roots top of horizon; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00022
    C2SICAM—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; gravelly coarse sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00023
    C3CA—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; gravelly coarse sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 74C00024