IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gazwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015CA067001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015CA067001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0730
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79691
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.1335400
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6543600
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 155—Gazwell mucky clay, partially drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento
  • MLRA: 16—California Delta
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-HAN—Hanford, California
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA067—Sacramento County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Phil Smith, Rafael Ortiz, Andy Paolucci, Ed Tallyn, Geneveive Widrig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gazwell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2015
  • Classifier - Phil 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:
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Litter Cover % - 0
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: delta plain
  • Landform: delta plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Phil Smith, Geneveive Widrig, Rafael Ortiz, Andrew Paolucci
  • 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
    • 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

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky silty clay; weak medium cloddy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) medium roots throughout and many (5.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; 17 Percent of Estimated Clay; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03721; observed in pit, small
    A—16 to 38 centimeters (6.3 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky silty clay; structureless massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very few (0.1) fine roots throughout; fragments; 22 Percent of Estimated Clay; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N03722; observed in pit, small
    C—38 to 42 centimeters (15.0 to 16.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; very few (0.1) fine roots throughout; few (0.0) pores; fragments; 16 Percent of Estimated Clay; abrupt broken boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Ob1—42 to 54 centimeters (16.5 to 21.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; very few (0.1) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; 14 Percent of Estimated Clay; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03723; observed in pit, small
    2Ob2—54 to 75 centimeters (21.3 to 29.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very few (0.1) fine roots throughout; common (1.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; ; ; fragments; 14 Percent of Estimated Clay; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03724; observed in pit, small
    2AC—75 to 96 centimeters (29.5 to 37.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky silty clay; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (1.0) medium dendritic tubular and common (2.0) coarse irregular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, ferriargillans with sharp boundaries lining pores and 8 percent very coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), moist, ferriargillans with sharp boundaries in cracks; fragments; 17 Percent of Estimated Clay; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03725; observed in pit, small
    3Oab1—96 to 117 centimeters (37.8 to 46.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, ferriargillans with sharp boundaries lining pores and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent very coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, ferriargillans with sharp boundaries in cracks; fragments; 19 Percent of Estimated Clay; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03726; observed in pit, small
    3Oab2—117 to 146 centimeters (46.1 to 57.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03727; observed in pit, small
    3Oab3—146 to 200 centimeters (57.5 to 78.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 15N03728; observed in pit, small