IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canisrocks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 790035
  • User Pedon ID: 790035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 790035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - "NSSC"
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68604
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.8588125
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6193109
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 12
  • Location Description: Middle Tuolumne River Drainage 1/8 mile Southwest of Lukens Lake
  • Map Unit: 252—Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts complex, 5 to 45 percent slopes, moraines, mountain slopes, cryic
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA790—Yosemite National Park, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37119-H6—Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: scl
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic Typic Cryorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canisrocks
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, Typic Cryorthent
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till derived from granodiorite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: backslope on mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent granodiorite
  • Geology: Jr - Granodiorite Of Rancheria formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 250- to 600-millimeter granodiorite, 5.00 percent subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600- to 3000-millimeter granodiorite, 5.00 percent subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76- to 250-millimeter granodiorite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7446
  • Plant Association Name: Red Fir
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ABMA

    PICO

    PIMO3

    Abies magnifica

    Pinus contorta

    Pinus monticola

    California red fir

    lodgepole pine

    western white pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    2—10

    —8—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/23/1996

    50

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    12
    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

    25

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    5

    2540.5

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); bouldery slightly decomposed plant material; 5 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600-1800-3000 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); bouldery moderately decomposed plant material; 5 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600-1800-3000 millimeter granodiorite fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; bouldery loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 15 percent silt; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600-1800-3000 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00872; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—10 to 45 centimeters (3.9 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very bouldery sand; 89 percent sand; 11 percent silt; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600-1800-3000 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00873; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—45 to 71 centimeters (17.7 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very bouldery sand; 90 percent sand; 10 percent silt; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 7 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600-1800-3000 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00874; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—71 to 87 centimeters (28.0 to 34.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very bouldery sand; 92 percent sand; 8 percent silt; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 7 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600-1800-3000 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00875; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—87 to 152 centimeters (34.3 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; extremely bouldery sand; 95 percent sand; 5 percent silt; weak very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 12 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-450-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 600-1800-3000 millimeter granodiorite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # 97P00876; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small