IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA005014
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA005014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CA005014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37482
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.4505539
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5774994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: California in the SE1/4 of the SE1/4
  • Location Description: 1/4 mile NE of Pioneer, follow black top across from the Post Office for 1/4 mile, then turn left on Schafer Road for 1/4 mile.
  • 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, parasesquic, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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:
  • 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

    ARBUT

    BELE

    LUPIN

    QUVE

    Arbutus

    Betula lenta

    Lupinus

    Quercus velutina

    madrone

    sweet birch

    lupine

    black 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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    246 -

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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—36

    36—188

    246—

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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

    20

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    902

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    45

    940

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    Ap—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium and 3.0 coarse pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22894. common very fine and fine shot (now magnetic).
    BAt—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; loam; 44 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 24 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium and 3.0 coarse pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22895. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471712; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471712
    Bt—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay loam; 29 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 40 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 medium and coarse pores; clay bridges and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22896. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471715; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471715
    Bt—74 to 119 centimeters (29.1 to 46.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), red (10R 4/6), moist; clay loam; 34 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 35 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 medium and coarse pores; clay bridges and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22897. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471711; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471711
    BCt—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and medium pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A22898. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471714; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471714
    CBt—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; coarse sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and medium pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22899. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471718; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471718
    C—188 to 246 centimeters (74.0 to 96.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and light red (2.5YR 6/8), red (2.5YR 4/8) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 19 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22900
    Cr—246 to 271 centimeters (96.9 to 106.7 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A22901. rock structure visible in place but this horizon crumbles into fine subangular blocks when disturbed.