IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sites
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008CA630DWB001
  • User Pedon ID: S09CA009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0865
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24484
  • 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: 38.2040558
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5448914
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 N
  • Range: 13 E
  • Section: 16
  • Map Unit: 8172—Nedsgulch-Wallyhill-Arpatutu complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-B5—Calaveritas, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dean Burkett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sites
  • PSC - 4 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ultic Palexeralfs, very deep
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: metasedimentary rock, unspecified at 204cm
  • Geology: Calaveras Complex formation of the Calaveras Complex group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    204 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    8—204

    204—

    —3—

    —201—

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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

    24

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    717

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    160

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 50 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    AB—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 44 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 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 subangular 2-?-20 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455528; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455529; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455528; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455529
    Bt1—8 to 17 centimeters (3.1 to 6.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 37 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455526; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455526
    Bt2—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455524; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455524
    Bt3—29 to 63 centimeters (11.4 to 24.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; 20 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 51 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 0.8 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455522; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455523; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455522; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455523
    Bt4—63 to 119 centimeters (24.8 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly clay; 23 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 47 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented 76-?-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455520; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455521; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455520; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455521
    Bt5—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly clay; 20 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 45 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 76-?-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 455519
    Bt6—142 to 179 centimeters (55.9 to 70.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly silty clay loam; 16 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 39 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 455516; continuous - phpvsfiid 455516
    Bt7—179 to 204 centimeters (70.5 to 80.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; very stony silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 65 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 50 percent by volume 251-?-700 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog.; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 455530; continuous - phpvsfiid 455530