Mckeonhills soil series
A profile of a Mckeonhills soil. The Black Hill area of northern Stanislaus County is named for the dark gray color the Mckeonhills soil. Depth to soft sandstone ranges from 20 to 40 inches. When the soils are dry, vertical cracks that range from 0.5 to 4 inches in width extend from the surface to a depth of 67 inches. The cracks normally close for 120 to 150 consecutive days sometime in December through April. Intersecting slickensides occur in some horizon or horizons below the A horizon. The content of clay ranges from 35 to 60 percent. The content of rock fragments ranges from 0 to 3 percent. The fragments are pebbles and cobbles. Some pedons have a C horizon with texture of clay loam or silty clay loam. The calcium carbonate equivalent in the fine-earth fraction ranges from 4 to 9 percent, by weight. (Soil Survey of Stanislaus County, California, Northern Part; by John C. Rule, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Mckeonhills series consists of moderately deep, well drained soils that formed in colluvium and/or residuum derived from calcareous sandstone. Mckeonhills soils are on hills. Slopes are 5 to 15 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 445 millimeters and the mean annual air temperature is about 17 degrees C.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, thermic Aridic Haploxererts
USE AND VEGETATION: Used primarily for rangeland; some areas are used for dry farming. Natural vegetation is annual grasses and forbs consisting mainly of bromes, wild oat, bedstraw, and vetch.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Sierra Nevada Foothills of California; MLRA 18. The soils are not extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/CA6...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MCKEONHILLS.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Mckeonhills soil series
A profile of a Mckeonhills soil. The Black Hill area of northern Stanislaus County is named for the dark gray color the Mckeonhills soil. Depth to soft sandstone ranges from 20 to 40 inches. When the soils are dry, vertical cracks that range from 0.5 to 4 inches in width extend from the surface to a depth of 67 inches. The cracks normally close for 120 to 150 consecutive days sometime in December through April. Intersecting slickensides occur in some horizon or horizons below the A horizon. The content of clay ranges from 35 to 60 percent. The content of rock fragments ranges from 0 to 3 percent. The fragments are pebbles and cobbles. Some pedons have a C horizon with texture of clay loam or silty clay loam. The calcium carbonate equivalent in the fine-earth fraction ranges from 4 to 9 percent, by weight. (Soil Survey of Stanislaus County, California, Northern Part; by John C. Rule, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Mckeonhills series consists of moderately deep, well drained soils that formed in colluvium and/or residuum derived from calcareous sandstone. Mckeonhills soils are on hills. Slopes are 5 to 15 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 445 millimeters and the mean annual air temperature is about 17 degrees C.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, thermic Aridic Haploxererts
USE AND VEGETATION: Used primarily for rangeland; some areas are used for dry farming. Natural vegetation is annual grasses and forbs consisting mainly of bromes, wild oat, bedstraw, and vetch.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Sierra Nevada Foothills of California; MLRA 18. The soils are not extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/CA6...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MCKEONHILLS.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: