IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chawanakee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977CA019002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977CA019002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977CA019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3396
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38511
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 37.0833321
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4333344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: .5 miles NW of Meadow Lakes in
  • Location Description: Fresno County, California. An old roadcut dugback three feet by hand.
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA750—Sierra National Forest Area Parts of Fresno, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chawanakee
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1977 (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

    CALOC2

    CHFO

    PIPO

    QUKE

    RIBES

    TODI

    Calocedrus

    Chamaebatia foliolosa

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus kelloggii

    Ribes

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    incense cedar

    mountain misery

    ponderosa pine

    California black oak

    currant

    Pacific poison oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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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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    1244

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    338

    685

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A26352
    A11—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26353
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26354
    B2—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26355
    CR—53 to 77 centimeters (20.9 to 30.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26356. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170862; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170862