IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chaix
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CA039008
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA039008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0609
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14293
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 37.3297234
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4827805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 150 feet East of South West corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA039—Madera
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chaix
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/2000 (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

    13

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    1660

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    225

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    O2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); fragments.
    A1—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular and 2.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03747
    A2—24 to 61 centimeters (9.4 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular and 1.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03748
    C—61 to 85 centimeters (24.0 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; 11 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03749
    R—85 to 112 centimeters (33.5 to 44.1 inches); fragments.