IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972CA055007
  • User Pedon ID: S1972CA055007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0149
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44083
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 38.5686111
  • Std. Longitude: -122.5625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: A pit located 950 feet south of Silverado Trail extending from Pickett Road and 100 feet west along new vineyard. Napa County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA055—Napa
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA055—Napa County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. D. Cook, G. Lambert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Cumulic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bale
  • PSC - 15 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bale
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from rhyolite
  • Landform: gently sloping alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1972 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    97.5

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    813

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    15

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loam; weak fine crumb structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00910; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00911; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00912; observed in pit, small
    2Ab11—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00913; observed in pit, small
    2Ab12—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00914; observed in pit, small
    3C1—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00915; observed in pit, small
    4C2—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # 72C00916; observed in pit, small