IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sky
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968CA061002
  • User Pedon ID: S1968CA061002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968CA061002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16451
  • 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: 39.0704651
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2296600
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 0.4 mile east of Barker Pass, 70 feet south of Blackwood Canyon Road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. M. Kennedy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, amorphic Humic Xeric Vitricryands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sky
  • PSC - 25 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WACA
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1968 (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

    TSME

    Tsuga mertensiana

    mountain hemlock

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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

    30

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    2377

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    0

    1194

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    3.9

    15

    -6.7

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.; moist when described;. needle duff.
    A—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 05N00259
    A11—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00259; moist when described;
    A12—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; cobbly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00260; moist when described;
    A13—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00261; moist when described;
    AC—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    C3—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C4—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    R—104 to 105 centimeters (40.9 to 41.3 inches); fragments.; moist when described;. andesitic tuff breccia.