IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wallyhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008CA630DWB003
  • User Pedon ID: S09CA009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008CA630DWB003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0867
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24486
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 38.2019463
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5422211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4n
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 16
  • 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-B5—Calaveritas, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dean Burkett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wallyhill (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wallyhill
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and/or residuum
  • Landform: ridge
  • Bedrock: schist, unspecified at 66cm
  • Geology: Calaveras Complex formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/2008 (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

    ARMA

    HEAR5

    PIPO

    QUKE

    TODI

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Heteromeles arbutifolia

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus kelloggii

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    whiteleaf manzanita

    toyon

    ponderosa pine

    California black oak

    Pacific poison oak

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

    bedrock, paralithic

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    66 - 102

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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—15

    15—66

    66—

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    4/16/2008

    51

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    13
    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

    6

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    743

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    320

    889

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BA—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 47 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 11 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 0.3 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; 47 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 medium roots and 0.3 fine roots and 0.3 coarse roots; 0.3 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 416603; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 416603
    Bt2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; 34 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.3 medium roots and 0.3 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 416604; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 416604
    Bt3—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; 29 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 43 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.3 fine roots; 0.3 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 416605; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 416605
    Cr—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.