IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967-CA-05-030x
  • User Pedon ID: 67-CA-05-030x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967-CA-05-030x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6705030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42141
  • 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: 38.3665081
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5588708
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NW/4, NW/4
  • Map Unit: 6207—Musick-Hotaw-Chawanakee complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-C5—Rail Road Flat, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MUSICK
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Geology: Biotite Hornblende Granite. Ge formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/21/2009 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California black oak

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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    3—36

    36—119

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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

    32

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    716

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    225

    889

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    5

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03049
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03050
    AB—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03051
    Bt1—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist; sandy clay loam; 62 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03052
    Bt2—49 to 120 centimeters (19.3 to 47.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay; 56 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 39 percent clay; strong very coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03053
    C1—120 to 173 centimeters (47.2 to 68.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD03054
    C2—173 to 262 centimeters (68.1 to 103.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; 17 percent silt; 7 percent clay; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # UCD03055