IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ADELANTO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44765
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 34.9527779
  • Std. Longitude: -118.2649994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: A soil profile pit located 273 meters north of the southwest corner
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ADELANTO
  • PSC - 20 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adelanto
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5K-31
  • 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

    2GA

    AMDU2

    LATR2

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    Ambrosia dumosa

    Larrea tridentata

    Grass, annual

    burrobush

    creosote bush

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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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    760

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    125

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    15

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00025
    A12—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00026
    B2T—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00027
    B3—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00028
    C1—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00029
    C2—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00030
    2C3—130 to 175 centimeters (51.2 to 68.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00031