IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Josephine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960CA005029
  • User Pedon ID: S1960CA005029
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960CA005029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2895
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37474
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.4455566
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7208328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 0.15 mile east of W1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 100 feet north of Shake Ridge Road; 1/4 mile northwest of Golden Bare Health Ranch turnoff.
  • 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, 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 #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • PSC - 16 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/8/2016
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    QUVE

    TOXIC

    Picea mariana

    Quercus velutina

    Toxicodendron

    black spruce

    black oak

    poison oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—16

    16—178

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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

    35

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    637

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    0

    813

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    12.8

    21.1

    4.4

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22822. undecomposed and partially decomposed litter.
    A1—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist; loam; 29 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22823
    A2—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; 30 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22824
    BAt—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; 34 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22825. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471754; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471754
    Bt1—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22826. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471758; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471758
    Bt2—66 to 100 centimeters (26.0 to 39.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22827. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471755; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471755
    Bt3—100 to 130 centimeters (39.4 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22828. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471757; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471757
    Bt4—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22829. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471756; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1471756
    Bt5—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; 40 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 28 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22830. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471759; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471759
    BC—178 to 200 centimeters (70.1 to 78.7 inches); gray (N 5/0) and gray (N 6/0) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), very dark gray (N 3/0) and dark gray (N 4/0) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fragments. Lab sample # 40A22831