IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calflax
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CA019002
  • User Pedon ID: S1987CA019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60056
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 36.3121743
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9943011
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19 south
  • Range: 18 east
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet south and 150 feet east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 800 feet south of Ford Avenue and 150 feet east of Jameson Avenue. This site is ripped in most years.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA653—Fresno County, California, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36119-C8—Vanguard, California
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Arroues and P. Benedict
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Fluventic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calflax
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cerini
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: barrier flat
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 31
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

    A

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    C3

    C3

    C4

    C4

    0

    18

    18

    36

    36

    56

    56

    84

    84

    109

    109

    18

    36

    36

    56

    56

    84

    84

    109

    109

    152

    152

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    A

    A

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    C3

    C3

    C4

    C4

    0

    18

    18

    36

    36

    56

    56

    84

    84

    109

    109

    18

    36

    36

    56

    56

    84

    84

    109

    109

    152

    152

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A

    A

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    C3

    C3

    C4

    C4

    0

    18

    18

    36

    36

    56

    56

    84

    84

    109

    109

    18

    36

    36

    56

    56

    84

    84

    109

    109

    152

    152

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    2

    2

    2

    4

    8

    12

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—36

    —-

    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

    0

    77

    190

    18

    19

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 38 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 28 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4105; dry when described;
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; 42 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4106; moist when described;
    C1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 16 percent clay; massive; hard, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4107; moist when described;
    C2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4108; moist when described;
    C3—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loam; 47 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P4109; wet when described;. carbonate also occurs as filaments.
    C4—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 87P4110; wet when described;