IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977-CA-55-045x
  • User Pedon ID: 77-CA-55-045x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7755045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42352
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.0492787
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2075436
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE/4
  • Map Unit: 6036—Musick-Wukusick complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, low precipitation
  • 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: 38120-A2—Twain Harte, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS, COS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Palexerults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2017
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HODA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Palexerults
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Geology: Granite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/2/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    8—51

    51—206

    —18—

    —43—

    —55—
    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

    23

    —

    —

    1305

    —

    248

    1067

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    —

    10

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # UCD00825
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; 47 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate fine granular parts to moderate very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00826
    A2—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00827
    BA—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 23 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00828
    Bt1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on top faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00829
    Bt2—79 to 120 centimeters (31.1 to 47.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 36 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on top faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00830
    BCt—120 to 206 centimeters (47.2 to 81.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 34 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 37 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine irregular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on top faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # UCD00831
    C—206 to 207 centimeters (81.1 to 81.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD00832