IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945CA103003
  • User Pedon ID: S1945CA103003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2924
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38053
  • 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: 39.9936104
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2241669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: Pit located 0.05 miles south of the center
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Roberts and R. A. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Corning
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CORNING
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1945
  • 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: 4/1/1945 (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
    • 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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    96

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    483

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    16.7

    27.8

    7.2

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23067; moist when described;
    A11—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23068; moist when described;
    A12—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23069; moist when described;
    B21T—48 to 70 centimeters (18.9 to 27.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23070; moist when described;
    B22T—70 to 89 centimeters (27.6 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23071; moist when described;. considerable glazing on surface of aggregates.
    B23T—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly clay; massive; very hard, firm, weakly coherent, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23072; moist when described;. possibly some weak cementation; some decomposed gravel.