IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Livermore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA001004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38147
  • 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: 37.6699982
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7491684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 36 feet east of Tesla Road at the junction with Marina Avenue, about 1.5 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, superactive, thermic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Livermore
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Livermore
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1959 (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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    AP1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23684; moist when described;
    AP2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23685; moist when described;
    A13—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23686; moist when described;
    B2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23687; moist when described;
    C1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23688; moist when described;
    C2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23689; moist when described;