IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945CA103014
  • User Pedon ID: S1945CA103014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2926
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38055
  • 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: 39.8361130
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1958313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: Pit located just east of US Highway 99W, in the SW1/4 NW1/4
  • 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, mixed, active, thermic Typic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Corning
  • PSC - 53 to 91 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

  • 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

    2

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    82

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    483

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    16.7

    27.8

    7.2

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23081; moist when described;
    A11—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23082; moist when described;
    A12—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23083; moist when described;. boundary contains a very thin ""bleached"" layer just above the claypan that was not sampled.
    B21T—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23084; moist when described;. very compact.
    B22T—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23085; moist when described;. compact.
    2C1—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23086; moist when described;. compact.
    2C2—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23087; moist when described;