IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GARLOCK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029012
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44837
  • 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: 35.0708351
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1005554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kern County, California. A soil profile pit located 2.7 miles east and 9/10 of mile north of the intersection of California Highways 14 and 58, Mojave, California. The pit is located on the east side of east boundary fence of the Mojave Airport.
  • 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 #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GARLOCK
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Garlock
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: nearly level alluvial plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 75.00 percent 2- to 5-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ABL6K-8
  • 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

    ERODI

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    Ambrosia dumosa

    Erodium

    Grass, annual

    burrobush

    stork's bill

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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

    1

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    770

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    125

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    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; loamy sand; weak medium platy, and weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-4 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00489; observed in pit, small
    A12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00490; observed in pit, small
    B1T—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00491; observed in pit, small
    B21T—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00492; observed in pit, small
    B22T—50 to 69 centimeters (19.7 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00493; observed in pit, small
    B3TCA—69 to 105 centimeters (27.2 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; carbonate coats on rock fragments and 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 40 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00494; observed in pit, small
    C—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00495; observed in pit, small