IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956-CA-10-004
  • User Pedon ID: 56-CA-10-004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956-CA-10-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5610004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41287
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 37.0607719
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3766251
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 17
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA750—Sierra National Forest Area Parts of Fresno, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37119-A4—Auberry, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GH, JRF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • PSC - 54 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2009
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MUSICK
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Geology: Acid Igneous Granite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUCH2

    Quercus chrysolepis

    canyon live oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—54

    54—104

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    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

    15

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    1372

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    225

    940

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    Oi—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD00500
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00501
    AB—33 to 54 centimeters (13.0 to 21.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00502
    Bt—54 to 104 centimeters (21.3 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD00503
    B—104 to 170 centimeters (40.9 to 66.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; coarse sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # UCD00504
    C—170 to 221 centimeters (66.9 to 87.0 inches); coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; massive; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # UCD00505