IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nedsgulch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007CA630DWB016
  • User Pedon ID: S08CA009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007CA630DWB016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0691
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20306
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.1665268
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4783630
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 30
  • Location Description: 2.1 miles NW of Murphys
  • Map Unit: 8171—Nedsgulch-Wallyhill complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-B4—Murphys, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dean Burkett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nedsgulch (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ultic Palexeralfs, very deep
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy colluvium derived from schist over fine-loamy residuum weathered from schist
  • Landscape: Sierra Nevada foothills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent schist, mica at 185cm
  • Geology: Calaveras Complex formation of the Calaveras Schist group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10545-144
  • Plant Association Name: Montane-Hardwood-Conifer
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ARMA

    PIPO

    PILA

    CHFO

    QUKE

    HEAR5

    ERCA6

    ELEL5

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pinus lambertiana

    Chamaebatia foliolosa

    Quercus kelloggii

    Heteromeles arbutifolia

    Eriodictyon californicum

    Elymus elymoides

    whiteleaf manzanita

    ponderosa pine

    sugar pine

    mountain misery

    California black oak

    toyon

    California yerba santa

    squirreltail

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    185 - 210

    - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    8—185

    185—210

    —23—

    —177—

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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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    709

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    310

    889

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 18 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    BAt—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 35 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379752; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379752
    Bt1—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; 30 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379753; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379754; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379753; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379754
    Bt2—39 to 62 centimeters (15.4 to 24.4 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; 28 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 fine and medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379755; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379756; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379755; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379756
    Bt3—62 to 84 centimeters (24.4 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine and medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379757; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379758; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379757; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379758
    Bt4—84 to 113 centimeters (33.1 to 44.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; 30 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine to coarse roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379759; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379760; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379759; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379760
    Bt5—113 to 148 centimeters (44.5 to 58.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 28 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 35 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine and medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 45 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379761; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379762; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379761; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379762
    BCt—148 to 185 centimeters (58.3 to 72.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; 33 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 35 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 70 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379764; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379764
    Cr—185 to 205 centimeters (72.8 to 80.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.