IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013CA071001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013CA071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N56379
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70118
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 35.1451028
  • Std. Longitude: -116.0675278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: approximately 717 meters west, 252 meters north of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 7.7 miles south of the Town of Baker
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA795—Mojave National Preserve Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35116-B1—Soda Lake North, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stephen Roecker, Leon Lato, Emily Meirik, Genevieve Widrig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, hyperthermic Gypsic Haplosalids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sodaflat
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits derived from granitoid
  • Landscape: bolson
  • Landform: playa floor
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/14/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    salic

    noncoherent

    0 - 165

    - 165 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    salic horizon

    gypsic horizon

    gypsic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—18

    0—165

    0—6

    15—165

    155—165

    —18—

    —165—

    —6—

    —150—

    —10—
    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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    —

    289

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    Bnyz1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 12 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 85 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, salt crystals with sharp boundaries on horizontal faces of peds and 5 percent fine prominent platy noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05891; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bnyz2—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05892; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bnyz—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 18 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bnyz—15 to 50 centimeters (5.9 to 19.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam to silt loam; 50 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.2 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 7 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btnyz—50 to 102 centimeters (19.7 to 40.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 15 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05895; moist when described; observed in trench
    BC'nyz—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; stratified stratified silt loam to very fine sandy loam; 30 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    B'tnyz—155 to 172 centimeters (61.0 to 67.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 45 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 14 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05897; wet when described; observed in trench