IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MCCARTHY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962CA005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962CA005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962CA005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2977
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38106
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.5149994
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3922195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 0.3 mile N and 0.2 mile W of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 2.3 miles southwest of Ham's station, 100 feet S of the intersection of Winton Lumber Company field roads Nos. 5 and 6.
  • State: California
  • County: CA005—Amador
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA628—Amador Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John E. McClelland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, glassy, mesic Humic Haploxerands
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MCCARTHY
  • PSC - 25 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mccarthy
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (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

    PIMA

    Picea mariana

    black spruce

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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

    14

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    1445

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    0

    1194

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    8.9

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A23448. fresh pine needles, leaves, and twigs that are quite well decomposed in the lower portion.
    A11—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23449
    A12—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23450. about 10 percent of volume consists of rotten cobbles; soil is difficult to wet and appears slightly grayish because of mycelia.
    A13—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23451
    B2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive parts to moderate very fine granular; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23452. about 25 percent rotten cobbles containing common very fine pores with yellowish brown colloidal stains in them and in adjacent areas.
    B3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive parts to moderate very fine granular; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23453
    R—91 to 100 centimeters (35.8 to 39.4 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), brown (7.5YR 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and black (2.5Y 2/1), moist; coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23454. some with thin red, others light brownish gray colloidal coatings that extend into the adjoining matrix.