IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945CA021013
  • User Pedon ID: S1945CA021013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2925
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38054
  • 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: 39.7888870
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1750031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 SW1/4
  • Location Description: 0.55 mile south of the section corner near Malton.
  • State: California
  • County: CA021—Glenn
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA021—Glenn County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Roberts and R. A. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Typic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Corning
  • PSC - 30 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CORNING
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    76

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    457

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    17.2

    27.8

    7.2

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23073; moist when described;
    A12—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23074; moist when described;
    B21T—30 to 47 centimeters (11.8 to 18.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay; extremely hard, extremely firm, very plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23075; moist when described;
    B22T—47 to 61 centimeters (18.5 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23076; moist when described;
    B3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23077; moist when described;
    C1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23078; moist when described;. considerable rust brown mottling.
    C2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A23079; moist when described;. considerable rust brown mottling.
    2C3—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23080; moist when described;. some rust brown mottling.