IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Auburn
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1959CA005008
User Pedon ID:
S1959CA005008
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1959CA005008
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A3005
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
38134
Print Date:
1/30/2025
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:
38.4716682
Std. Longitude:
-121.0374985
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
7N
Range:
9E
Section:
7
PLSS Details:
300 feet NE of the SW corner
Location Description:
On the Kuhl 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:
Loamy, mixed, thermic Ruptic-Lithic Xerochrepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
8
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Auburn
PSC -
25 to 36 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/23/2007
Moisture Class -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Auburn
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1959
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/1/1959 (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
AMSIN
QUERC
Amsinckia
Quercus
fiddleneck
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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71
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315
635
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A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23594
A12—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23595
B2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; silt loam; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23596. continuous - phpvsfiid 186770; continuous - phpvsfiid 186770
Cr—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23597. Light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) decomposing amphibolite schist with reddish brown colloidal staining on fracture planes and roots in cracks; strongly weathered in top 4 inches;