IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WINDY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA005031
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA005031
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA005031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2976
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38105
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 38.5161095
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4422226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 3/4 mile south southwest of Cooks Station; NW1/4 SW1/4
  • 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: Medial-skeletal, glassy, frigid Humic Vitrixerands
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WINDY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windy
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1961 (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

    QUVE

    Quercus velutina

    black 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

    25

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    1463

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    180

    1168

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    10

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23442
    A12—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23443
    A3—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23444
    B—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23445
    C1&R—86 to 168 centimeters (33.9 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; Error; very hard; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23446
    R—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; weathered bedrock; massive; extremely hard; 0.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23447