IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chawanakee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956-CA-10-008
  • User Pedon ID: 56-CA-10-008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956-CA-10-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5610008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41290
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.0896988
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4314423
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 2
  • 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: GLH, JF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chawanakee
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAWANAKEE
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • 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: diorite
  • Geology: Coarse Grained Quartz Diorite 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California black oak

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—23

    23—51

    51—

    —23—

    —28—

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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

    20

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    1280

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    315

    889

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    11.7

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03599
    A1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03600
    B2—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); 10YR 6/ (10YR 6/),, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03601
    Cr—51 to 51 centimeters (20.1 to 20.1 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # UCD03602