IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chaix
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CA039003
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14593
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.2394981
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4141693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 150 feet West of the SW corner of plot #11
  • State: California
  • County: CA039—Madera
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chaix
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: granodiorite
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    10

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    1862

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    180

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    O2—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); fragments.
    A1—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 8 percent clay; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03853
    A2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular and 2.0 fine and medium pores; 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03854
    C—46 to 82 centimeters (18.1 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; 9 percent clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03855
    R—82 to 104 centimeters (32.3 to 40.9 inches); 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 1.0 fine and coarse tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments.