IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Auberry

OSD

Series Extent

Local Phase: densic

User Site ID: S2008CA630BJM001

User Pedon ID: S09CA109003

Vegetation Plot ID: S2008CA630BJM001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0870

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24489

Print Date: 9/23/2024

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: 37.9333344

Std. Longitude: -120.3436127

Datum: WGS84

Township: 1 N

Range: 15 E

Section: 17

PLSS Details: about 10 feet north and 520 feet west of the southeast corner

Location Description: about 3 miles southeast of Sonora, California, west of Murphy's road on the Suess Ranch.

Map Unit: 6074—Sierra-Orose complex, 8 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: 37120-H3—Standard, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Ben Marshall

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Ultic Argixerolls

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Auberry

PSC - 36 to 86 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/19/2017

Classifier - Andrew Brown

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Auberry

Classificaton Date - 3/24/2008

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: colluvium over highly weathered residuum weathered from granodiorite

Landscape: foothills

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: moderately coherent strong weathered granodiorite at 140cm

Geology: Basic Igneous formation.

Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent subangular 2- to 75-millimeter granitoid,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/24/2008 (actual site observation date)

Plant Association Name: Interior Live Oak/Chaparral

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

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
CECU PISA2 QUDO QUWI2	Ceanothus cuneatus Pinus sabiniana Quercus douglasii Quercus wislizeni	buckbrush California foothill pine blue oak interior live oak	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, densic	moderately coherent	140 - 201	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon densic contact	0—36 36—140 140—	—- —- —-

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	—	—	536	—	148	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 medium irregular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.

BAt—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 11 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 medium irregular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 20 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 medium irregular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt2—51 to 80 centimeters (20.1 to 31.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 medium irregular and 3.0 medium tubular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 45 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt3—80 to 100 centimeters (31.5 to 39.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular and 0.8 fine tubular pores; 3 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.

BCt—100 to 140 centimeters (39.4 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.

Cdt—140 to 201 centimeters (55.1 to 79.1 inches); coarse sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; strongly coherent; 30 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; fragments.