IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cieneba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA061023
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA061023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969CA061023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43619
  • 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: 38.7825012
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2052765
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: From Rocklin Road, approximately 2,200 feet south on Sierra College Blvd. and 30 feet west to pit; 1,200 feet east and 400 feet north from SW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA620—Placer County, California, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. M. Ryan, L. A. Brittan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, thermic, shallow Typic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cieneba
  • PSC - 25 to 95 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cieneba
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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

    ALOPE

    Alopecurus

    foxtail

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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

    13

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    152

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    270

    635

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    17.2

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00137; moist when described;
    A12—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00138; moist when described;
    2B2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00139; moist when described;
    3C1—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine 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 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00140; moist when described;
    3C2—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); massive; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 75 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C00141; moist when described;