IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): San Joaquin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA061021
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA061021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43617
  • Print Date: 1/14/2025

    • 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: 38.8783340
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3852768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: West side of South Sutter Canal, Thorton ranch. 1,000 feet north of the center
  • Location Description: 1 mile southwest of Sheridan.
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA620—Placer County, California, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. M. Kennedy, T. M. Ryan.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Abruptic Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - San Joaquin
  • PSC - 33 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - San Joaquin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    3

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    34

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    225

    635

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00123
    A3—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00124. continuous - phpvsfiid 188792; continuous - phpvsfiid 188792
    B21t—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00125. continuous - phpvsfiid 188793; continuous - phpvsfiid 188793
    B22t—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00126. continuous - phpvsfiid 188794; continuous - phpvsfiid 188794
    B31sim—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; 3 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) distinct and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00127. Colloidal stains on mineral grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 188797; continuous - phpvsfiid 188797
    B32sim—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00128. continuous - phpvsfiid 188799; continuous - phpvsfiid 188799
    C1sim—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 0.0 pores; 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 75 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00129
    C2sim—122 to 170 centimeters (48.0 to 66.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; extremely hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 0.0 pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C00130