IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958-CA-10-001
  • User Pedon ID: 58-CA-10-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958-CA-10-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5810001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41335
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.0280990
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2679980
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 29
  • 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-A3—Shaver Lake, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JF, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • PSC - 44 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MUSICK
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/2009
  • 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 Granitic formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/11/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • 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

    CALOC2

    Calocedrus

    incense cedar

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    23—43

    43—122

    —43—

    —20—

    —79—
    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

    27

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    1239

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    45

    940

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    11.7

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    O—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD01233
    A—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 46 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01234
    AB—23 to 44 centimeters (9.1 to 17.3 inches); 4/3 4/3) loam; 47 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01235
    Bt1—44 to 59 centimeters (17.3 to 23.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 43 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # UCD01236
    Bt2—59 to 122 centimeters (23.2 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay loam; 44 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 36 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky parts to weak very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01237
    BC—122 to 193 centimeters (48.0 to 76.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 54 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01238
    C1—193 to 234 centimeters (76.0 to 92.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 17 percent clay; slightly hard; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01239
    C2—234 to 295 centimeters (92.1 to 116.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 11 percent clay; slightly hard; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01240
    C3—295 to 295 centimeters (116.1 to 116.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; slightly hard; fragments. Lab sample # UCD01241