IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chualar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008CASJER-006
  • User Pedon ID: S08CASJER-006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008CASJER-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD08JER006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43072
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.0961189
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7472000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA039—Madera
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA651—Madera Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37119-A6—Millerton Lake West, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ATO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chualar
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/2017
  • Classifier - Dylan Beaudette
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: SAL/RES
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: swale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Bedrock: granite at 118cm
  • Geology: Mesozoic Granitic Rocks (grmz) formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent indurated 600- to 1000-millimeter granite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/8/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    QUDO

    Quercus douglasii

    blue 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

    4

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    180

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), black (10YR 2/1), moist; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 21.0 medium dendritic tubular and 21.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00473
    AB—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00474
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, slightly rigid; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent medium distinct iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00475
    Bt2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, rigid; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00476
    Bt3—46 to 65 centimeters (18.1 to 25.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), 10YR 2.5/1 (10YR 2.5/1), moist; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; rigid; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00477
    BC—65 to 85 centimeters (25.6 to 33.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fragments. Lab sample # UCD00478
    CB—85 to 118 centimeters (33.5 to 46.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; fragments. Lab sample # UCD00479
    R—118 to 200 centimeters (46.5 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD00480