Agency Code: 501 Project Code: NYA Site Code: 0512
Described by: Heather Percy Date: 28/06/1996

Observation type: existing vertical exposure Category: observation

Location: MGA94 Zone: 50  604921 mE  6295908 mN Elevation (m): 325  Map sheet:  Kukerin 100K
Location notes: Kukerin Road reserve. road cutting
Site notes: soil is similar to soil at NYA 0511.
Disturbance: Cultivation, rainfed.

Landform
Landform pattern: rises	Slope:  0 %
Relief/modal slope: gently undulating rises
Landform element: hillcrest
Morphological type: crest
Pattern Relief:  rises	Microrelief: 25 m

Surface and Hydrological Properties
Rock outcrop: 0 %  
Surface coarse fragments: many subrounded gravel sized smooth-faced ferric gravel; few subrounded stones and boulder sized ferricrete
Physical properties: 

Geology/parent material
Soil parent material: unconsolidated material (unidentified)
Colluvium; regional geology mapped as sandplain (Czs).
Geology: unconsolidated material (unidentified)

Vegetation
Type:  grassland; Surrounded by:  grassland
Notes: Mallee, Dryandra, Melaleuca.

Land use
Site: Not used. Surrounds: Cropping (may include grazing in rotation).

Visible erosion, assessed flooding and salinity
no flooding, no ponding, no salinity.

Current Classification
WA Soil Group: (1999) Loamy gravel
Soil Series: Cumming 1
Map Unit: 250Ny_1

Soil Profile Description