IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Capay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92CA099005
  • User Pedon ID: 92CA099005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65525
  • Print Date: 5/7/2024

    • 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: 37.5869444
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2950000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West part of county #642, SE 1/4 S 15, 2800 ft. N and 2800 ft. W, T.4S., R.6E., W of Welty Rd. and S of Gafferty Rd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA099—Stanislaus
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.A.M. and J.S.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Capay
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 233-84
  • 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
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    47

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; 48 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1458
    A—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; 50 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1459
    Bss1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; 50 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1460
    Bss2—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; 50 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1461
    Bk1—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; 46 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P1462
    Bk2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 44 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P1463