IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA017005
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA017005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA017005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2892
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37471
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 38.6011124
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6791687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet north of Slug Gulch Road, 1-1/4 mile northeast of Fairplay, NE1/4 SW1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA017—El Dorado
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA624—El Dorado Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grant Kennedy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holland
  • PSC - 53 to 103 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 - Holland
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/1961 (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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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    137 -

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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—53

    53—114

    137—

    —53—

    —61—

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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

    10

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    777

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    180

    965

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    13.9

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 11 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22798
    A2—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very 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 tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22799
    BA—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, very 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 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22800
    Bt1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22801
    Bt2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22802
    BCt—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22803
    C—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 14 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22804
    Cr—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); ; fragments. Lab sample # 40A22805. Slightly weathered granodiorite.