IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tulare

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2015CA031001

User Pedon ID: S2015CA031001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 16N0532

User Project ID: 2016-HAN-MLRA16 and MLRA 17-001

Project Name: MLRA 16 and MLRA 17 - Bay Delta Pedon Characterizations for CEAP

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: 36.0443056

Std. Longitude: -119.8279722

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Near the lowest elevation of the Tulare Lake Bed.

Map Unit: 163—Tulare clay, partially drained, MLRA 17

State: California

County: CA031—Kings

MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

Regional Office: SW—Southwest

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-HAN—Hanford, California

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA031—Kings County, California

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36119-A7—Stratford SE, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Phil Smith, Kerry Arroues, Bev Harben

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Fluvaquentic Vertic Endoaquolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Tulare

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/29/2016

Classifier - Philip Smith

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Litter Cover % - 3

Residue Description - Fragments of safflower residue

Hydric: yes

SITE

Parent Material: lacustrine deposits derived from igneous and sedimentary rock

Landscape: valley

Landform: lakebed

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: occasional flooding

Ponding: occasional ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/28/2015 (actual site observation date)

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
mollic epipedon free carbonates redox depletions with chroma 2 or less redox concentrations secondary carbonates aquic conditions	0—44 31—200 44—200 56—200 56—200 56—200	—44— —169— —156— —144— —144— —144—

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	—	—	56	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) broken face, gray (5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; clay; strong very coarse cloddy, and moderate coarse cloddy structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; very few (0.1) very fine roots throughout; many (5.0) coarse irregular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02278; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Ap2—9 to 31 centimeters (3.5 to 12.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) broken face, gray (5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; clay; strong very coarse cloddy, and moderate medium cloddy, and moderate coarse cloddy structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; very few (0.2) very fine roots throughout; few (0.3) very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02279; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Ap3—31 to 44 centimeters (12.2 to 17.3 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) broken face, gray (5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; clay; strong very coarse cloddy, and moderate medium cloddy, and moderate coarse cloddy structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; moderately few (0.2) very fine roots throughout; few (0.3) very fine dendritic tubular and many (5.0) coarse irregular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02280; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

BAp—44 to 56 centimeters (17.3 to 22.0 inches); 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face and 50 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) broken face and 50 percent gray (5Y 6/1) broken face, dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; moderately few (0.2) very fine roots throughout and ; few (0.3) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume 5-15-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02281; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bkng1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) broken face, gray (5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; moderately few (0.2) very fine roots between peds; 4 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter with a width of 20 cm that extend above and below the horizon; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume 5-15-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02282; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bkng2—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; moderately few (0.2) very fine roots between peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume 5-15-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02283; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bkng3—100 to 132 centimeters (39.4 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderately few (0.2) very fine roots between peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 5-15-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02284; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bkkng—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, dry; clay; structureless massive parts to strong thick platy parts to moderate thin platy; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very few (0.1) very fine roots between peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; 1 percent by volume 5-15-20 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02285; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

B'kng4—147 to 187 centimeters (57.9 to 73.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) broken face silty clay; structureless massive parts to moderate thick platy, and structureless massive parts to moderate very thick platy; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 6 percent medium irregular carbonate masses on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02286; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bknyg1—187 to 220 centimeters (73.6 to 86.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face clay; structureless massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 10 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum masses on faces of peds and 2 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02287; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bknyg2—220 to 275 centimeters (86.6 to 108.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face clay; structureless massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; and and 15 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum masses on faces of peds and 2 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum masses on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 16N02288; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

2Anb1—275 to 290 centimeters (108.3 to 114.2 inches); 90 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face and 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face and 50 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face and 10 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; weak very thin platy structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 16N02289; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket

2Anb2—290 to 312 centimeters (114.2 to 122.8 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) broken face and gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face and gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; structureless massive; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 16N02290; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket

2Bng—312 to 320 centimeters (122.8 to 126.0 inches); 50 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) broken face and dark grayish olive (10Y 4/2) broken face and 10Y 4/ (10Y 4/),, light gray (5Y 7/2) broken face and light gray (5Y 7/2) broken face and light gray (5Y 7/2) broken face and light gray (5Y 7/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 16N02291; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket