IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shaver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: very deep, frigid
  • User Site ID: S1958-CA-10-005
  • User Pedon ID: 58-CA-10-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5810005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41339
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.0315704
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1954346
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 25
  • 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-A2—Dinkey Creek, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JE, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Humixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shaver
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SHAVER
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Xerumbrepts
  • 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: diorite
  • Geology: Augite Biotite Quartz Diorite 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, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    5—63

    63—160

    —58—

    —97—
    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

    57

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    —

    1780

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    0

    1016

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    8.9

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03594
    A1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate fine granular parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03595
    A2—20 to 63 centimeters (7.9 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03596
    Bw—63 to 160 centimeters (24.8 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 10 percent clay; subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03597
    C—160 to 160 centimeters (63.0 to 63.0 inches); loam; 81 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 6 percent clay; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # UCD03598