IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pilliken
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CA109113
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA109113
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0731
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63770
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 38.0313873
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0141678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Pit below 2N29 (old railroad). .9 mile E of junction with 2N14.
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Typic Humixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 113
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pilliken
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pilliken
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Entic Xerumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    5—41

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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

    26

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    1585

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    90

    145

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. fresh and decomposing white fir litter
    A—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy sand; 77 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04125. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    AB—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; 78 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04126. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    AC—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loamy sand; 77 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04127. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    C1—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; 77 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04128. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    C2—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; stony sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 9 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P04129. few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots