IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AHWAHNEE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967-CA-58-113x
  • User Pedon ID: 67-CA-58-113x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6758113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42166
  • 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: 39.3340149
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1890488
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SE/4, NE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA115—Yuba
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA618—Yuba County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-C2—French Corral, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS, JIM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AHWAHNEE
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Quartz Diorite. Geologic Forma formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/2009 (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
    • 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

    65

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    351

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    225

    1016

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    17.8

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02977
    A1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very stony sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02978
    A3—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02979
    B2t—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive parts to structureless subangular blocky; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium irregular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02980
    B3t—69 to 110 centimeters (27.2 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium irregular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02981
    Cr—110 to 110 centimeters (43.3 to 43.3 inches); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # UCD02982