IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chaix
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93CA107002
  • User Pedon ID: 93CA107002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93CA107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66267
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Packsaddle Sequoia Grove; Hot Springs Dist. Section 13, T.23S., R.31E.
  • State: California
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EC and DZM
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chaix
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 486-215
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    SEQUO

    SESE3

    Sequoia

    Sequoia sempervirens

    redwood

    redwood

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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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    1798

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    315

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; 12 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P0637
    Oe—5 to 0 centimeters (2.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments.
    A2—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P0638
    Bw—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0639
    C—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; 10 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Cr—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Cr bordering on C; some rock structure and roots penetrate.
    Cr—114 centimeters (44.9 inches); fragments.