IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Converse Flats (CF) pit 1
  • User Pedon ID: Converse Flats (CF) pit 1
  • Vegetation Plot ID: Converse Flats (CF) pit 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0772
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19689
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • LOCATION

  • State: California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Hubbert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Xerorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from granite
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2007 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABCO

    PIJE

    PIPO

    QUVI

    Abies concolor

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus virginiana

    white fir

    Jeffrey pine

    ponderosa pine

    live oak

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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

    10

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    1682

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    190

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse gravelly loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; irregular pores; 8 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04696; observed in pit, small. Soils not replellant at surface.
    A2—18 to 44 centimeters (7.1 to 17.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse gravelly loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04697; observed in pit, small
    C—44 to 44 centimeters (17.3 to 17.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand, cobbles; granular structure; loose, loose, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 33 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 07N04698; observed in pit, small