IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Supan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CA005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38162
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.3491669
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8472214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: along Highway 88, 100 feet north of the highway in the NW1/4 of the NW1/4
  • Location Description: On the Cazazzas property.
  • State: California
  • County: CA005—Amador
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA628—Amador Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grant Kennedy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Supan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Supan
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    MEPO3

    QUERC

    Medicago polymorpha

    Quercus

    burclover

    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

    3

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    366

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    225

    635

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine granular, and massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23781. moderate fine granular structure in top 2 inches; abundant very fine roots in top 2 inches.
    B11—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; massive, and strong fine granular; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23782. Massive between krotovinas.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186674; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186674
    B12—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; cobbly clay loam, gravel; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23783. continuous - phpvsfiid 186675; continuous - phpvsfiid 186675
    B2—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; cobbly clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23784. continuous - phpvsfiid 186676; continuous - phpvsfiid 186676
    B31—97 to 147 centimeters (38.2 to 57.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; cobbly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23785. about 40 to 50 percent of the mass is cobbles over an inch in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186678; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186678
    B32—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; cobbly loam, gravel; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23786. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186679; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186679
    R—178 to 190 centimeters (70.1 to 74.8 inches); cobbly weathered bedrock; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23787. Weathered massive conglomerate, the andesitic cobbles becoming less weathered and darker with depth.