IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LIVERMORE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2870
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37449
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • 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: 37.6569443
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7258301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4
  • Location Description: about 3 miles southeast of the center of Livermore.
  • State: California
  • County: CA001—Alameda
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA609—Alameda Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry E. Welch.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LIVERMORE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Livermore
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1959 (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
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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22634
    A12—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22635
    A13—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22636
    B1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22637. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186665; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186665
    B2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stony sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22638. Most of colloid in bridges.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186666; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186666
    B3—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22639