IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RANDSBURG
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029005
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44766
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.2599983
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8430557
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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 Petrocambids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RANDSBURG
  • PSC - 0 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Randsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: gently sloping pediment
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E90K00
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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

    EPVI

    LATR2

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    Ambrosia dumosa

    Ephedra viridis

    Larrea tridentata

    Grass, annual

    burrobush

    mormon tea

    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

    5

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    931

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    105

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    16

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00032; observed in pit, small
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00033; observed in pit, small
    B2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00034; observed in pit, small
    C1CASI—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); ; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00035; observed in pit, small
    C2CASI—58 to 122 centimeters (22.8 to 48.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 74C00036; observed in pit, small