IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CA055001
  • User Pedon ID: 91CA055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0764
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63803
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 38.2566681
  • Std. Longitude: -122.3713913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sterling vineyard (new) field - bottom. 7600' W of the intersection of Highway 12 and Duhig Road, T.5N., R.5
  • State: California
  • County: CA055—Napa
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Smith and John Kimble.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bale
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Undesignated
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    1

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    40

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    90

    76

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    15

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); 90 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04404; dry when described;. lime from sugar beets; many very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine faint 7.5YR46 mottles
    Ap2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04405; dry when described;. lime from sugar beets; many very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    Ab—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter organic fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04406; moist when described;. common very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    Bw1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04407; moist when described;. common very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    Bw2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04408; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    Bw3—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) exterior, 7.5YR 3/0 (7.5YR 3/0) exterior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct 7.5YR 3/0 (7.5YR 3/0), moist, skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04409; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 226988; continuous - phpvsfiid 226988
    Bg—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) exterior, 20 percent gray (5Y 5/1) exterior and 60 percent gray (N 5/0) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct 7.5YR 3/0 (7.5YR 3/0), moist, skeletans in root channels and/or pores; fragments. Lab sample # 91P04410; wet when described;. common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features in root channels and/or pores; few medium and coarse 7.5YR58 mottles; many medium and coarse prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 226989; continuous - phpvsfiid 226989