IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tulare
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016CA031001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016CA031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0683
  • 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
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 7
  • 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, Rafael Ortiz, Geneveive Landucci
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Fluvaquentic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tulare
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2018
  • Classifier - Phil Smith
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tulare
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Fluvaquentic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/16/2016
  • Classifier - Phil Smith
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • 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 begining in jan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/16/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Phil Smith, Genevieve Landuci, Rafael Ortiz, Kerry Arroues
  • 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

    secondary carbonates

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    redox concentrations

    0—36

    0—144

    36—315

    36—144

    36—315

    36—315

    171—315

    —36—

    —144—

    —279—

    —108—

    —279—

    —279—

    —44—
    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

    0.1

    —

    —

    56

    —

    0

    200

    —

    255

    17.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; clay; massive; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03008; observed in pit, large or quarry. This horizon have crust plates. 1.5 to 3 cm thick popcorn sulfer and was applied in the surface.
    Ap2—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; weak coarse cloddy, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; common (2.0) very fine roots and common (1.0) fine roots; common (3.0) very fine and common (1.0) fine tubular pores; ; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03009; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap3—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; common (2.0) very fine roots and very few (0.1) medium roots and very few (0.1) fine roots; common (4.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03010; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkg1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; common (0.2) very fine roots; few (0.1) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 12 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03011; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkg2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very few (0.1) very fine roots; few (0.1) very fine dendritic tubular pores; and and 8 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03012; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkg3—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very few (0.1) very fine roots; few (0.1) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N03013; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkg4—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1), light gray (5Y 7/1) and reddish gray (5R 6/1), dry; clay; weak thick platy, and weak thick platy structure; few (1.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N03014; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkyg1—107 to 128 centimeters (42.1 to 50.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; few (0.1) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 8 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix and 8 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix and 4 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03015; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkyg2—128 to 144 centimeters (50.4 to 56.7 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; few (0.1) very fine dendritic tubular pores; and 20 percent pressure faces; 1 percent shell fragments and 8 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix and 3 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 8 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03016; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bg—144 to 171 centimeters (56.7 to 67.3 inches); 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 15 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 15 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; common (4.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1), dry, jarosite masses and 5 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N03017; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Byg1—171 to 200 centimeters (67.3 to 78.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), white (5Y 8/1), dry; clay; strong medium platy, and strong thin platy structure; common (1.0) medium roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 6 percent fine moderately coherent cemented pale yellow (5Y 7/4), moist, jarosite nodules in matrix; 1 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03018; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Byg2—200 to 218 centimeters (78.7 to 85.8 inches); greenish gray (10Y 6/1), white (5Y 8/1), dry; clay; strong thick platy structure; very few (0.1) very fine roots throughout; few (0.1) very fine dendritic tubular and few (0.1) very fine tubular pores; 1 percent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/4), moist, jarosite masses along lamina or strata surfaces; 1 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N03019; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cg1—218 to 245 centimeters (85.8 to 96.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; loamy fine sand; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03020; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cg2—245 to 257 centimeters (96.5 to 101.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 5 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent pink (5YR 8/4), moist, jarosite masses and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03021; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cg3—257 to 282 centimeters (101.2 to 111.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loamy fine sand; 3 percent fine irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine platy and yellow (5Y 8/6), moist, jarosite masses in matrix and 5 percent medium platy gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N03022; observed in pit, large or quarry
    3Cg4—282 to 315 centimeters (111.0 to 124.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; 3 percent fine yellow (5Y 8/6), moist, jarosite masses and 5 percent medium brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 16N03023; observed in auger, bucket