IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCarthy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CA109122
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA109122
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0740
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63779
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 38.0166664
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0166702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 20
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, amorphic, mesic Humic Haploxerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 122
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarthy
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarthy
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, mesic Andic Xerumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    79 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

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    3—23

    26—59

    79—

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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

    32

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    1646

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    135

    140

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. pine and mountain misery litter
    A—3 to 26 centimeters (1.2 to 10.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; cobbly sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04159. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    Bw—26 to 59 centimeters (10.2 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 medium interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04160. many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    C—59 to 79 centimeters (23.2 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 7 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04161. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    R—79 to 100 centimeters (31.1 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments. fractured, slightly weathered breccia