Soil Strata

Hello!

I found some information on the soil strata in Bakersfield California.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.:
https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BAKERSFIELD.html

Bakersfield soil is

• poorly drained
• artificially drained
• based in flood plain
• slow runoff
• mean annual precipitation is 6 inches
• mean annual temperature is  64 degrees F

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1944

Soil Survey Reports (Google eBook) p33
Discusses type of soil in bakersfield California 

http://books.google.com/books?id=HjEjAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA33&lpg=RA2-PA33&dq=soil+strata+in+bakersfield+california&source=bl&ots=FHlzQlz-lJ&sig=JoKYpGZqsI1HmkmfEJknLd5t5Vg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kgr5Ur-AHsni0gHznIDoDA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=soil%20strata%20in%20bakersfield%20california&f=false 

I also found some pictures of the Central Valley we could use to inspire our designs.

Channels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta snake through the heart of California's Central Valley.

Photo courtesy of California Department of Water Resources



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