IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Irrometer Calibration Site 1
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13184
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 33.6147232
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1230545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet north and 700 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Oasis Date Gardens Thermal, CA
  • Map Unit: GcA—Gilman fine sandy loam, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA065—Riverside
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA680—Riverside County, Coachella Valley Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Oster
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, hyperthermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilman
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilman
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, hype
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2000
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2000 (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

    1

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    -43

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    102

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    295

    23

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P02890; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P02891; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C2—48 to 65 centimeters (18.9 to 25.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C3—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4.; observed in pit, large or quarry