IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Craneflat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 790129
  • User Pedon ID: 790129
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 790129
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - "NSSC"
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10461
  • 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: 37.6157611
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6834761
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 790 feet east and 2,450 feet south of the northwest corner of Section 4, T.4 S., R. 21 E.; approximately 1,000 feet east of Wawona Road on a slope above Bishop Creek.
  • Map Unit: 282—Clarkslodge-Craneflat-Nevadafalls complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes, mountain slopes, hummocky, frigid
  • State: California
  • County: CA043—Mariposa
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA790—Yosemite National Park, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37119-E6—Wawona, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Foster Fell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Humic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 129
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Craneflat
  • PSC - 30 to 105 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, frigid, Entic Xerumbrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 1 percent of A horizon clay content and 40 percent of Vol of rock fragments - A hor. and 1.2 percent of B horizon clay content and 45 percent of Vol of rock fragments - B hor. and 1.3 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 30 Rock outcrop class and 40 percent of Soil slope(%) and 4.8000002 Soil reaction - surface layer


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from coarse igneous crystal
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mid backslope on mountainside
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent granodiorite
  • Geology: Kga - Tonalite Of The Gatway formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2- to 76-millimeter granodiorite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 468-096
  • Plant Association Name: Sierra mixed coniferous forest
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABCO

    ABMA

    ARCTO3

    CADE27

    PILA

    PIPO

    QUVE

    ROSA5

    Abies concolor

    Abies magnifica

    Arctostaphylos

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus velutina

    Rosa

    white fir

    California red fir

    manzanita

    incense cedar

    sugar pine

    ponderosa pine

    black oak

    rose

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

    umbric epipedon

    5—57

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

    9/3/1997

    9/3/1997

    50

    20

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    8

    11
    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

    40

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    1750

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    340

    1143

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    8

    15

    1

    7

    14

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 1 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Oe—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 1 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Oa—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; 1 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very stony loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 1 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low penetration resistance; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 3 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-162-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 7 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01196; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—11 to 28 centimeters (4.3 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very stony loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate penetration resistance; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 3 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-162-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01197; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—28 to 57 centimeters (11.0 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very stony loamy coarse sand; 84 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 2 percent clay; moderate coarse granular, and weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate penetration resistance; 1.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.4 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-162-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01198; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—57 to 75 centimeters (22.4 to 29.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very stony loamy sand; 84 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; high penetration resistance; 1.2 very fine roots and 2.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 0.6 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-162-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01199; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—75 to 152 centimeters (29.5 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very cobbly loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular, and single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; high penetration resistance; 3.0 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-162-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-76 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 98P01200; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small