IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHERIDAN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029010
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44771
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 35.1555557
  • Std. Longitude: -118.5180588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 32E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: A soil profile pit located 175 feet west of the intersection of Mariposa Avenue and Oak Knoll Road in the Golden Hills area of Tehachapi. The site is located in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Kern County, California.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHERIDAN
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheridan
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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: F80M40
  • 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

    PISA2

    QUERC

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    Pinus sabiniana

    Quercus

    Grass, annual

    California foothill pine

    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

    25

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    1117

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    295

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    16

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    A11—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00067; observed in pit, small
    A12—7 to 38 centimeters (2.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00068; observed in pit, small
    A13—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00069; observed in pit, small
    C—69 to 121 centimeters (27.2 to 47.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00070; observed in pit, small