IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Capay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964CA113013
  • User Pedon ID: S1964CA113013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964CA113013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3086
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38215
  • Print Date: 5/7/2024

    • 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: 38.6563056
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9476944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 100 feet south of the NE corner of NW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 10 miles west of Woodland. Photo ABB-5K-171.
  • State: California
  • County: CA113—Yolo
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA113—Yolo County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. B. Goudey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Aridic Haploxererts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Capay
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Capay
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: rim
  • Runoff: low
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ABB-5K171
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SOBID

    Sorghum bicolor ssp. drummondii

    Sudangrass

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    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

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    43

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    406

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    AP—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine faint and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24141; moist when described;
    A12—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24142; moist when described;
    A13—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 tubular pores; 75 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24143; moist when described;
    ACCA—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 tubular pores; 75 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24144; moist when described;
    C1—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 tubular pores; 75 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A24145; moist when described;