IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flanly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975-CA-55-026x
  • User Pedon ID: 75-CA-55-026x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975-CA-55-026x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7555026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42320
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 37.7735339
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2149866
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE/4, SW/4
  • Map Unit: 6078—Sierra-Flanly complex, 15 to 65 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • 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: 37120-G2—Groveland, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WRA, BFS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Flanly
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2015
  • Classifier - Theresa Kunch
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BLASINGAME
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2009
  • 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: well
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Granodiorite. Geologic Formati formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R018XI106CA Steep Thermic Hillslopes and Canyon Walls Jun 22 2016 Andrew Paolucci

    • 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, 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

    ADFA

    Adenostoma fasciculatum

    chamise

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

    bedrock, paralithic

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    81 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—20

    20—81

    81—

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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

    29

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    701

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    180

    737

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    5

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; 43 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01300
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very stony loam; 40 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01301
    Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/),, 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films between sand grains and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01302
    Bt2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 32 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01303
    CBt—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 42 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 21 percent clay; massive; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.1 medium tubular and 0.1 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01304
    Cr—81 to 106 centimeters (31.9 to 41.7 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # UCD01305