IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHUCKAWALLA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CA071001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CA071001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981CA071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0377
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49221
  • 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: 34.1577797
  • Std. Longitude: -114.3533325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1,000 feet west and 600 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: San Bernardino County, California. About 3.5 miles northwest of Parker.
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 31—Lower Colorado Desert
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA656—Colorado River Indian Reservation, Parts of La Paz County, Arizona, and Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Herriman, D. M. Hendricks and W. D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHUCKAWALLA
  • PSC - 2 to 52 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2006
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cristobal
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/1981
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium derived from basalt and/or mixed alluvium derived from granite and gneiss and/or mixed alluvium derived from schist and/or mixed alluvium derived from andesite and/or mixed alluvium derived from rhyolite
  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/24/1981 (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

    BRASS2

    Brassica

    mustard

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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

    4

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    186

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    76

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    288

    23.3

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    Aca2—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak thin platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; vesicular pores; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 90 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02041
    BAtca1—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent pink (5YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on rock fragments and 30 percent pink (5YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films; 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02042
    Bt2—4 to 20 centimeters (1.6 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02043
    Bca31—20 to 34 centimeters (7.9 to 13.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments and silica coats on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02044
    Bca32—34 to 56 centimeters (13.4 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02045
    Cca1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02046
    Cca2—76 to 105 centimeters (29.9 to 41.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02047
    Cca3—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 81P02048