LOCATION HOMELAND CAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, thermic Aeric Fluvaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Homeland fine sandy loam, on a slope less than 1 percent under irrigated barley at 188 feet elevation. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated. When described on 5/11/76 the soil was moist and the water table was at a depth of 41 inches.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam, olive gray (5Y 4/2) moist; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; common very fine roots; common fine vesicular and many very fine interstitial pores; strongly effervescent, disseminated lime; EC 29 mmhos; SAR 96; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 10 inches thick)
C1--8 to 12 inches; light gray (5Y 7/2) very fine sandy loam, olive gray (5Y 5/2) moist; many fine distinct white (5Y 8/2) and common fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles, pale olive (5Y 6/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) moist; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; few very fine roots; many very fine interstitial pores; strongly effervescent, disseminated lime; EC 18 mmhos; SAR 107; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); abrupt wavy boundary. (3 to 5 inches thick)
C2--12 to 15 inches; variegated light gray (5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (5Y 8/4) sandy loam, olive (5Y 5/3) and pale olive (5Y 6/3) moist; few fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) moist; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few very fine roots; many very fine interstitial pores; slightly effervescent, disseminated lime; EC 5.0 mmhos; SAR 37; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); abrupt wavy boundary. (2 to 5 inches thick)
C3--15 to 19 inches; variegated pale yellow (5Y 8/3) and light gray (5Y 7/2) loamy sand, pale olive (5Y 6/3) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) moist; single grained; loose; many very fine interstitial pores; EC 5.5 mmhos; SAR 31; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); abrupt boundary. (4 to 21 inches thick)
C4--19 to 24 inches; variegated pale yellow (5Y 8/3) and light gray (5Y 7/2) loamy fine sand, pale yellow (5Y 7/3) and olive (5Y 5/3) moist; massive; loose; many very fine interstitial pores; EC 6.5 mmhos; SAR 33; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); abrupt wavy boundary. (4 to 6 inches thick)
C5--24 to 32 inches; variegated white (5Y 8/2) and light gray (5Y 7/2) loamy fine sand, olive gray (5Y 5/2) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) moist; massive; loose; many very fine interstitial pores; thin (3 to 10 mm) strata of very fine sandy loam to sandy loam; EC 12 mmhos; SAR 53; moderately alkaline (pH 8.3); abrupt smooth boundary. (7 to 10 inches thick)
C6--32 to 60 inches; variegated pale yellow (5Y 8/3) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) loamy fine sand, olive gray (5Y 5/2) and pale olive (5Y 6/3) moist; massive; loose; many very fine interstitial pores; thin (3 to 10 mm) strata of very fine sandy loam loam; EC 18 mmhos; SAR 49; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2).
TYPE LOCATION: Kings County, California; approximately 1 mile north of Utica Avenue; 400 feet west and 75 feet south of the NE corner sec. 11, T. 23 S., R. 20 E., MDB&M.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The soil is more than 60 inches deep and is weakly stratified. The solum typically is about 8 inches thick but ranges from 6 to 10 inches thick. The depth to a perched water table ranges from 2 to 4 feet. The soil is typically strongly saline-alkali and ranges from slightly saline-alkali. Mean annual soil temperature is 64 degrees to 67 degrees F.
The A horizon has dry color of 5Y 6/2, 7/2; 2.5Y 7/2 or 6/2 and moist color of 5Y 4/2, 5/2; 2.5Y 4/2 or 5/2. It is strongly effervescent or violently effervescent with disseminated lime.
The C horizon has dry color of 5Y 7/2, 7/3, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4; 2.5Y 5/2 or 6/2 and moist color of 5Y 5/2, 5/3, 6/3, 7/3; 2.5Y 3/2 or 4/2. Mottles are few to many, fine or medium, distinct or prominent and have color of 5GY 4/1; 5BG 4/1; 5Y 6/4 or 10YR 4/6 moist. More than 40 percent of the moist matrix colors, at depths of 10 to 30 inches, have a chroma of 3 or more when mottles are present in the substratum. Chroma is 2 or 3 when no mottles are present. This horizon is dominantly loamy sand and loamy fine sand with thin horizons of very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam. It is slightly effervescent to strongly effervescent with disseminated lime to a depth of 15 inches. It is typically noneffervescent below 15 inches but lime is present in some pedons below this depth.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Dello, Duckston, Lang, and Laugenour series in other families. Dello, Duckston, and Lang soils have a sandy particle-size control section. Laugenour soils have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Homeland soils occur on basin rims. Slopes are 0 to 1 percent. The soils formed in alluvium from igneous and sedimentary rocks. Elevations are 185 to 220 feet. The average annual precipitation is 6 to 7 inches. The climate is arid with cool moist winters and hot dry summers. Mean January temperature is about 64 degrees F. Frost-free season is 255 to 270 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Armona,
Lakeside,
Rambla and
Tulare soils. Armona, Lakeside, and Tulare soils have a mollic epipedon. Rambla soils have clay textures in some horizon below a depth of 9 inches.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained; slow runoff; moderate permeability. Depth to the surface of a perched water table is 2 to 4 feet. The frequency of flooding is rare and the duration of flooding is more than one month.
USE AND VEGETATION: This soil is used for irrigated barley and cotton.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: San Joaquin Valley, California. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Davis, California
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Kings County, California, 1980.