IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zamora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CA021004
  • User Pedon ID: 89CA021004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0228
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62161
  • Print Date: 5/15/2024

    • 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: 39.7822227
  • Std. Longitude: -122.4722214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet W and 875 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: Stevenson Ranch - Glenn County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA021—Glenn

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zamora
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zamora
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Mollic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1989 (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

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01472. many very fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01473. a few cracks 1-2 mm wide at 0 to 18 inches; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Bt2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01474. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    BCt—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01475. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P01476. few very fine roots