IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAN ANDREAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA061022
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA061022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969CA061022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43618
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.7438889
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1975021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: Pit location approximately 80 feet north and directly across from Ken L. Services, 2,700 feet west and 80 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: From Sierra College Blvd., 1.5 miles east of Douglas Blvd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA620—Placer County, California, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. A. Brittan, T. M. Ryan and G. M. Kennedy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAN ANDREAS
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - San Andreas
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1969 (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

    QUDO

    Quercus douglasii

    blue 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

    8

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    94

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    270

    559

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    16.7

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00131; dry when described;
    A12—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00132; dry when described;
    B2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00133; dry when described;
    B3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00134; moist when described;
    C1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00135; moist when described;
    C2—94 to 120 centimeters (37.0 to 47.2 inches); hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00136; moist when described;. variegated weathered granodiorite; rock fabric structure.