IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DINKEY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959-CA-10-019
  • User Pedon ID: 59-CA-10-019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959-CA-10-019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5910019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41945
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.0459595
  • Std. Longitude: -118.9796753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 105
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 24
  • 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: 37118-A8—Courtright Reservoir, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JF, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Dystric Xerorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DINKEY
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Dystric Xerorthents
  • 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: granite
  • Geology: Granitic Moraine 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABMA

    Abies magnifica

    California red fir

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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

    25

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    2515

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    90

    1143

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    5

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD01826
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD01827
    A11—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 10YR 2 (10YR/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01828
    A12—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01829
    AC—23 to 81 centimeters (9.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; cobbly loamy coarse sand; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01830
    C1—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots in cracks; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01831
    C2—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); 2.5YR 4 (2.5YR/4), pale red (2.5YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01832
    C3—157 to 157 centimeters (61.8 to 61.8 inches); cobbly sand; medium single grain; loose, loose; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # UCD01833