IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ahwahnee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA005017
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA005017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CA005017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3072
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38201
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.4902763
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8008347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: in the SE1/4 of the SE1/4
  • Location Description: On H Farnham Ranch, 1/2 mile from the Junction of Votaw and Shenandoah Roads, on Votaw Road.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ahwahnee
  • PSC - 25 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - San Andreas
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1959 (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

    QUERC

    Quercus

    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

    5

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    442

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    315

    813

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium and coarse pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24043
    A3—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 medium and coarse and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24044
    B2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium and coarse roots and 1.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium and coarse pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24045. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187077; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187077
    B3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium and coarse pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24046. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187076
    CR—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24047. few clay films and roots along cleavage planes.