IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sites

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1959CA005003

User Pedon ID: S1959CA005003

Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CA005003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A2931

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38060

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 38.3908348

Std. Longitude: -120.6555557

Datum: WGS84

Township: 6N

Range: 12E

Section: 9

PLSS Details: In the NE corner

Location Description: 100 yards north of the Ranger's residence, about 6 miles NE of Jackson.

State: California

County: CA005—Amador

MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA628—Amador Area, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Grant Kennedy

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Palexeralfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 3

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Sites

PSC - 39 to 89 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/14/2018

Classifier - Cathy Scott

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Sites

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: upland

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1959 (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
PIMA PTERI QUVE	Picea mariana Pteridium Quercus velutina	black spruce brackenfern black oak	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	—	184 - 209	- 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon argillic horizon paralithic contact	0—18 21—39 90—171 184—	—- —- —- —-

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
18	—	—	853	—	315	1143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23119. Pine needles. Not sampled.

Ap—1 to 21 centimeters (0.4 to 8.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 33 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 24 percent clay; strong very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23120

A—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 30 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23121

BAt1—39 to 70 centimeters (15.4 to 27.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 29 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23122. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471738; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471738

BAt2—70 to 90 centimeters (27.6 to 35.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; 27 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 32 percent clay; subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23123. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471734; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471734

Bt1—90 to 115 centimeters (35.4 to 45.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; gravelly clay; 24 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to granular structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23124. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471735; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471735

Bt2—115 to 141 centimeters (45.3 to 55.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; gravelly clay; 23 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 45 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23125. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471740; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471740

BCt—141 to 171 centimeters (55.5 to 67.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay; 24 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 41 percent clay; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23126. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471739; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471739

Ct—171 to 184 centimeters (67.3 to 72.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; gravelly loam; 36 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 19 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2-39-75 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23127. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471737; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471737

Cr—184 to 209 centimeters (72.4 to 82.3 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 3/1), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23128. Very dark bluish gray (5B 3/1) fine grained, somewhat weathered, but hard schist, with yellowish red (5YR 5/6) to light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coatings along fracture planes.