IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CA109107
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA109107
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0725
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63764
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.9000015
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0269470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 20
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 107
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    25—61

    61—157

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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

    25

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    1153

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    119

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. fir needle litter
    A—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam, sandy loam; 42 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04103. many very fine and fine roots
    BA—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 41 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04104. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—61 to 127 centimeters (24.0 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; 34 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine and medium interstitial and 2.5 coarse interstitial pores; 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04105. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine and medium roots; common coarse roots
    Bt2—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; 34 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium interstitial and 0.5 coarse interstitial pores; 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P04106. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium and coarse roots