IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Whiterock
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1966-CA-05-006x
User Pedon ID:
66-CA-05-006x
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UCDAVIS
Lab Pedon # -
UCD6605006
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
42091
Print Date:
11/26/2024
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:
37.8982740
Std. Longitude:
-120.5825566
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
1N
Range:
13E
Section:
31
PLSS Details:
SE/4, NE/4
Map Unit:
9018—Urban land-Copperopolis-Whiterock complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes
State:
California
County:
CA009—Calaveras
MLRA:
18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
37120-H5—New Melones Dam, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
COS, DD, FT
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Lithic Haploxerepts
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Whiterock
PSC -
0 to 30 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/26/2016
Classifier -
Andrew Paolucci
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
MAYMEN
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy, mixed, thermic Lithic Xerochrepts
Classificaton Date -
1/23/2009
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
RES
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Drainage Class:
somewhat excessively
Bedrock:
shale, unspecified
Geology:
Phyllite-slate. Geologic Forma formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
1/23/2009 (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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
lithic contact
0—18
5—30
30—200
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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
—
—
158
—
180
584
—
—
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03120
Bt—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03121
R—30 to 200 centimeters (11.8 to 78.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.