IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971-CA-05-062x
  • User Pedon ID: 71-CA-05-062x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971-CA-05-062x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7105062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42225
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.1277941
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4290204
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: T.14E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, NW/4
  • Map Unit: 1090—Ultic Haploxeralfs-Mollic Haploxeralfs complex, 3 to 30 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-B4—Murphys, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/14/2016
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HONN
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ALL
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Gravelly Mixed Alluvium 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—127

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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

    21

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    655

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    45

    1016

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    5

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; 38 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume , 10 percent by weight nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01891
    BAt—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/),, 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; 38 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium irregular and 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume , 11 percent by weight nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01892
    Bt1—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/),, 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 34 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 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; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01893
    Bt2—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 31 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 40 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 medium irregular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # UCD01894