IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Whiterock
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1975-CA-05-078x
User Pedon ID:
75-CA-05-078x
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UCDAVIS
Lab Pedon # -
UCD7505078
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
42312
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:
37.9576112
Std. Longitude:
-120.6517810
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
TIN
Range:
12E
Section:
9
PLSS Details:
NE/4, NE/4
Map Unit:
8034—Copperopolis-Whiterock complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rocky
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-H6—Copperopolis, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
COS
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Lithic Xerorthents
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 -
Whiterock
PSC -
0 to 23 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/21/2016
Classifier -
Andrew Paolucci
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
WHITEROCK
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, acid, thermic Lithic Xerorthents
Classificaton Date -
2/27/2009
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:
Shale-slate. Geologic Formatio formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
2/27/2009 (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
lithic contact
0—18
23—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
6
—
—
293
—
315
610
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-17.8
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A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02792
A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02793
R—23 to 200 centimeters (9.1 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02794