IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pilliken
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970-CA-55-006x
  • User Pedon ID: 70-CA-55-006x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970-CA-55-006x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7055006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42215
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 38.2052917
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2150192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NW/4, NE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA731—Stanislaus National Forest, California, Parts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-B2—Crandall Peak, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Humixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pilliken
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2015
  • Classifier - Theresa Kunch
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAIX
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Entic Xerumbrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Grano-diorite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/2009 (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

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California black oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    196 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    5—41

    41—196

    196—

    —36—

    —155—

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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

    50

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    1402

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    180

    1016

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    11.1

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD01116
    A—5 to 41 centimeters (2.0 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak coarse granular structure; loose, loose; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01117
    AB—41 to 102 centimeters (16.1 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain parts to massive; loose, loose; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 coarse irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01118
    Bw—102 to 196 centimeters (40.2 to 77.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; single grain parts to massive; loose, loose; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # UCD01119
    R—196 to 196 centimeters (77.2 to 77.2 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # UCD01120