IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAN JOAQUIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980CA067007
  • User Pedon ID: S1980CA067007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980CA067007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0373
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54617
  • 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: 38.7000008
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4666672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: Located 0.75 miles west of the town of Elverta, 0.45 miles west of Elwyn Ave., 55 feet west of a power pole and 10 feet north of the fence along Elverta Rd., in the SW 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Sacramento County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA067—Sacramento County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over clayey, mixed, thermic Abruptic Durixeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAN JOAQUIN
  • PSC - 34 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riolinda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Durixeralf
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: low, dissected terrace
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    2FA

    2GA

    AVFA

    BRHOH

    ERODI

    HEMIZ

    TARAX

    VERBA

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    Avena fatua

    Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus

    Erodium

    Hemizonia

    Taraxacum

    Verbascum

    Forb, annual

    Grass, annual

    wild oat

    soft brome

    stork's bill

    tarweed

    dandelion

    mullein

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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

    1

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    315

    457

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    16.1

    25

    7.7

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01981
    BA—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01982
    Bt1—34 to 51 centimeters (13.4 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01983
    Bt2—51 to 68 centimeters (20.1 to 26.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01984
    2Btb—68 to 77 centimeters (26.8 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) rubbed, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on surfaces along pores and slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent manganese coatings in cracks and 3 percent ferriargillans in cracks; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01985. continuous - phpvsfiid 210348; continuous - phpvsfiid 210349; continuous - phpvsfiid 210348; continuous - phpvsfiid 210349