IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flaskan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05ca085641238
  • User Pedon ID: 05ca085641238
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0673
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19551
  • Print Date: 5/5/2024

    • 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: 37.3551611
  • Std. Longitude: -122.0247139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: City of Sunnyvale, Historical Orchard on East Remmington Ave., south west corner near intersection, 2 tree rows from the south and 3 tree rows from the west.
  • Map Unit: 140—Urban land-Flaskan complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA085—Santa Clara
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA641—Santa Clara Area, California, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37122-D1—Mountain View, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William Reed, Lorena Benitez
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Flaskan
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Botella
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - urban and built-up
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 19 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ABt—6 to 17 centimeters (2.4 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—17 to 43 centimeters (6.7 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded indurated 75-85-100 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—43 to 80 centimeters (16.9 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded indurated 75-85-100 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—80 to 150 centimeters (31.5 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 17 percent clay; strong coarse granular structure; soft, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small