IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Venice taxadjunct
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012CA077005
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CA077005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012CA077005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • 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: 37.9635194
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5156306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 3
  • Map Unit: 225—Rindge muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, partially drained, MLRA 16
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento
  • MLRA: 16—California Delta
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37121-H5—Woodward Island, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kerry Arroues, Mike Wilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, thermic Fluvaquentic Haplohemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Venice taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/2015
  • Classifier - Philip Smith
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rindge
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, thermic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2012
  • 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 - corn
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: delta plain
  • Landform: marsh
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately low
  • Ksat Class Lower: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2012 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    histic epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    0—42

    0—40

    70—90

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    —40—

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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

    0

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    -4.9

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    ; fragments.
    Oap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; muck; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose; common (2.0) very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oap2—9 to 25 centimeters (3.5 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; muck; weak medium granular structure; common (2.0) very fine roots and few (0.9) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oap3—25 to 42 centimeters (9.8 to 16.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; muck; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; few (0.9) very fine roots and few (0.9) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A—42 to 70 centimeters (16.5 to 27.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; mucky silty clay; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and common (2.0) fine roots; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oe1—70 to 97 centimeters (27.6 to 38.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; mucky peat; massive; few (0.9) very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oe2—97 to 125 centimeters (38.2 to 49.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; mucky peat; massive; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Oe3—125 to 143 centimeters (49.2 to 56.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; mucky peat; massive; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cg1—143 to 173 centimeters (56.3 to 68.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/), clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary.; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cg2—173 to 220 centimeters (68.1 to 86.6 inches); 5BG 4/ (5BG 4/), loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5.; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, large or quarry