IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHUCKAWALLA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CA071002
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CA071002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981CA071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0378
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49222
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet west and 950 feet south of Northeast corner
  • Location Description: San Bernardino County, California; 3 1/2 miles west of Parker, AZ.
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHUCKAWALLA
  • PSC - 3 to 34 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 - 2/23/1981
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: old fan terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/1981 (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

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    177

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    102

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    288

    23.3

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    A2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02049
    Btc1—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on rock fragments and 30 percent pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02050
    Bstc21—9 to 19 centimeters (3.5 to 7.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent thick clay films on rock fragments and 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 55 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02051
    Bstc22—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent thick clay films on rock fragments and 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02052
    Bsc3—34 to 60 centimeters (13.4 to 23.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent thick clay films on rock fragments and 10 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 70 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02053
    C1—60 to 91 centimeters (23.6 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02054
    C2—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 75 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02055
    2C3—132 to 185 centimeters (52.0 to 72.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 81P02056