IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979CA067002
  • User Pedon ID: 79CA067002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0227
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46960
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 38.3110123
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1207428
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet W 1300 feet N of Se corner
  • Location Description: Sacramento County, CA: 125 feet N of farm Rd
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Obridgewitch and Chuck Beutler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Corning
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bennett
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over clayey-skeletal, mixed, thermic Ul
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    4

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    63

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    270

    43

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    16

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    1A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01116. many very fine roots
    1A12—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01117. common very fine roots
    1B11t—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01118. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots
    1B12t—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01119. Lens of 2 to 60 mm pebbles in lower 5 cm.; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots
    2B2t—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; very gravelly clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and distinct clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01120. continuous - phpvsfiid 214063; continuous - phpvsfiid 214064; continuous - phpvsfiid 214063; continuous - phpvsfiid 214064
    3B3t—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.5 fine tubular pores; distinct clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01121. continuous - phpvsfiid 214065; continuous - phpvsfiid 214065
    3C1—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01122. many clay films surface features between sand grains
    3C2—168 to 201 centimeters (66.1 to 79.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01123