IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ahwahnee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008CASJER-011
  • User Pedon ID: S08CASJER-011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008CASJER-011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD08JER011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43077
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.0941887
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7448349
  • 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: DB, JB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ahwahnee
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/2017
  • Classifier - Dylan Beaudette
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: COL/RES
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 120cm
  • Geology: Mesozoic Granitic Rocks (grmz) formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent indurated 250- to 600-millimeter 15.00 percent indurated 600- to 1000-millimeter
  • 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

    QUAG

    Quercus agrifolia

    California 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

    13

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy sand; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00063
    AB1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 10YR 2/3 (10YR 2/3), moist; loamy sand; 6 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00064
    AB2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 10YR 2/3 (10YR 2/3), moist; cobbly sandy loam; 7 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00065. patchy - phpvsfiid 662075; patchy - phpvsfiid 662075
    Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very cobbly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00066. continuous - phpvsfiid 662076; continuous - phpvsfiid 662076
    Bt2—64 to 120 centimeters (25.2 to 47.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; 22 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # UCD00067. continuous - phpvsfiid 662077; continuous - phpvsfiid 662077
    Crt—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fragments. Lab sample # UCD00068