IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SOPER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA029011
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA029011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA029011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44772
  • Print Date: 5/15/2024

    • 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: 35.1847229
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4347229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 33E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: A soil profile pit located 1/4 mile south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Kern County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA670—Kern County, California, Southeastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SOPER
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Soper
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B30P75
  • 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

    2GA

    QUERC

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    Quercus

    Grass, annual

    oak

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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

    35

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    1562

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    310

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    14

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00071; observed in pit, small
    A12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00072; observed in pit, small
    A3—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00073; observed in pit, small
    B2T—26 to 57 centimeters (10.2 to 22.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 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 alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00074; observed in pit, small
    B31T—57 to 75 centimeters (22.4 to 29.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume 75-?-100 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00075; observed in pit, small
    B32T—75 to 96 centimeters (29.5 to 37.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume 75-?-100 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00076; observed in pit, small
    C—96 to 132 centimeters (37.8 to 52.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00077; observed in pit, small