IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2013CA071001

User Pedon ID: S2013CA071001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 13N56379

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70118

Print Date: 6/2/2024

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: 35.1451028

Std. Longitude: -116.0675278

Datum: WGS84

Township: 12N

Range: 9E

Section: 7

PLSS Details: approximately 717 meters west, 252 meters north of the northwest corner

Location Description: 7.7 miles south of the Town of Baker

State: California

County: CA071—San Bernardino

MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA795—Mojave National Preserve Area, California

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35116-B1—Soda Lake North, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Stephen Roecker, Leon Lato, Emily Meirik, Genevieve Widrig

Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, hyperthermic Gypsic Haplosalids

Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - unnamed

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/6/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Sodaflat

Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: lacustrine deposits derived from granitoid

Landscape: bolson

Landform: playa floor

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: rare ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 2/14/2012 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
salic	noncoherent	0 - 165	- 165 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon salic horizon gypsic horizon gypsic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	0—18 0—165 0—6 15—165 155—165	—18— —165— —6— —150— —10—

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
0	—	—	289	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Bnyz1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 12 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 85 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, salt crystals with sharp boundaries on horizontal faces of peds and 5 percent fine prominent platy noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05891; dry when described; observed in trench

Bnyz2—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05892; dry when described; observed in trench

Bnyz—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 18 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

Bnyz—15 to 50 centimeters (5.9 to 19.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam to silt loam; 50 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.2 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 7 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

Btnyz—50 to 102 centimeters (19.7 to 40.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 15 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05895; moist when described; observed in trench

BC'nyz—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; stratified stratified silt loam to very fine sandy loam; 30 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench

B'tnyz—155 to 172 centimeters (61.0 to 67.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 45 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 14 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, salt crystals with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05897; wet when described; observed in trench