IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coachella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Irrometer Calibration Site 3
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA065003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13186
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 33.7069435
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1558304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2350 feet north and 2450 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: CrA—Coachella fine sand, 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: Sandy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coachella
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coachella
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Torrifluvent
  • 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

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    -9

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    102

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    295

    23

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C1—15 to 40 centimeters (5.9 to 15.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loamy sand; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P02893; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C2—40 to 75 centimeters (15.7 to 29.5 inches);, dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist; sand; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C3—75 to 95 centimeters (29.5 to 37.4 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4.; observed in pit, large or quarry