IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kimberlina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029008
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44769
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 35.0861130
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8888855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 240 meters E and 30 meters N from SW 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, superactive, calcareous, thermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimberlina
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimberling
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

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    Ambrosia dumosa

    Grass, annual

    burrobush

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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

    3

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    838.2

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    127

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    216

    17.5

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00052
    B21—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 74C00053
    B22—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00054
    2C1CA—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; carbonate, finely disseminated and threadlike carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00055
    2C2CA—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00056
    2C3CA—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; carbonate coats on rock fragments; ; 20 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00057
    3A1CAB—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00058
    3B2TCAB—168 to 178 centimeters (66.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence.