IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AHWAHNEE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959-CA-10-006
  • User Pedon ID: 59-CA-10-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5910006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41936
  • 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: 37.0167656
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3222504
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 35
  • 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: GH, JF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AHWAHNEE
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Acid Igneous Granitic (quartz formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/6/2009 (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
  • 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

    17.5

    732

    686

    5

    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); hard; fragments. Lab sample # UCD01130
    A11—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 fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01131
    B2t—23 to 81 centimeters (9.1 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01132
    Cr—81 to 81 centimeters (31.9 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # UCD01133