IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TEHACHAPI
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029009
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44770
  • 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: 35.1319427
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4919434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kern County, California; southeastern part
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA670—Kern County, California, Southeastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TEHACHAPI
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/29/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tehachapi
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • 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

    QUERC

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    Quercus

    Grass, annual

    oak

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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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    1219.2

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    254

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    209

    15.5

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00059
    A12—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00060
    A13—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00061
    B1T—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium low-continuity tubular and 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00062
    B2T—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.1 medium low-continuity tubular and 0.1 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00063
    B31—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00064
    B32—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent clay films on rock fragments and 75 percent organic stains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00065
    CCASIM—112 to 119 centimeters (44.1 to 46.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 74C00066