IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MILHAM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029006
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44767
  • 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: 35.1569443
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8194427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2,000 feet E and 1,000 feet S of the NW
  • Location Description: Kern County, California. Southeastern part.
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MILHAM
  • PSC - 28 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milham
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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

    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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    762

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    127

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    215

    15.5

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00037
    A12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00038
    A3—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00039
    B21T—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00040
    B22TCA—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00041
    B3CA—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00042
    C1CA—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00043
    C2CA—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00044
    C3CA—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in cracks; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 74C00045