IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chaix
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CA039009
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA039009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14294
  • 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: 37.3297234
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4827805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 feet West of 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 #: 9
  • 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

    8

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    1660

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    270

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.
    O2—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 8 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03750
    A2—15 to 40 centimeters (5.9 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine and 2.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03751
    C1—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 8 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; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03752
    C2—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; 11 percent clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03753
    R—100 to 165 centimeters (39.4 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; 9 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # 01N03754