IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shinkee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012CA077003
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CA077003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 37.9407111
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4838333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 12
  • Map Unit: 247—Shinkee muck, partially drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 16
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA077—San Joaquin
  • MLRA: 16—California Delta
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37121-H4—Holt, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kerry Arroues, Mike Wilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shinkee
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, thermic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2012
  • Classifier - Kerry Arroues
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - tomatoes
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Runoff: very low
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Kerry Arroues, Mike Wilson
  • Air Photo ID: SID-2009
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    histic epipedon

    0—65

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    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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    Oap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; mucky silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and few (0.9) fine roots; common (2.0) very fine interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oap2—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; mucky silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few (0.9) very fine roots and few (0.9) medium roots and few (0.9) fine roots; few (0.9) very fine tubular and common (2.0) very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oap3—27 to 46 centimeters (10.6 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; muck; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few (0.9) very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oa—46 to 65 centimeters (18.1 to 25.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; muck; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few (0.9) very fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bg—65 to 82 centimeters (25.6 to 32.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) mucky silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.9) very fine roots; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    O'a—82 to 105 centimeters (32.3 to 41.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.9) very fine roots; 15 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2B'g—105 to 140 centimeters (41.3 to 55.1 inches); silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.9) very fine roots; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    3Cg1—140 to 154 centimeters (55.1 to 60.6 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (6.0) very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    3Cg2—154 to 180 centimeters (60.6 to 70.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; 12 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few (0.9) very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    3Cg3—180 to 220 centimeters (70.9 to 86.6 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (6.0) very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1.; observed in pit, large or quarry