IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clear Lake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982CA077004
  • User Pedon ID: 82CA077004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0299
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52541
  • Print Date: 5/16/2024

    • 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: 37.9427795
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1891632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi SE of Stockton; 3550 feet perpendicular southeastward from Hwy 4 and 450 feet southwestward from farm road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA077—San Joaquin
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael A. McElhiney and Guy J. Romito
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Endoaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clear Lake
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stockton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Pelloxerert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1982 (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
  • 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
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    13

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    33

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium cloddy structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01351. few very fine roots
    1A1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01352. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    1A2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01353. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots
    1A3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01354. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots
    1ACk—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01355. Disseminated lime and segregated lime in fine soft masses.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots
    1Ck1—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; clay loam; massive, and structureless fine subangular blocky; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01356. Disseminated lime and segregated lime in fine to medium soft masses.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common intersecting slickensides surface features
    1Cqk1—107 to 114 centimeters (42.1 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; unknown texture; massive; brittle; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01357. 50 to 75 percent silica cementation within the matrix; disseminated lime and segregated lime in few fine seams.
    1Cqk2—114 to 183 centimeters (44.9 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; unknown texture; massive; brittle; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P01358. 70 to 85 percent silica cementation within the matirx; disseminated lime and segregated lime in a few fine seams.