IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Musick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977CA019003
  • User Pedon ID: S1977CA019003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977CA019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3397
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38512
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.0666656
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3499985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: An old road cut exposure dug back 2-3 feet by hand located .7 miles W of Pine Ridge in
  • 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

  • Describers Name: AG Sherrell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Musick
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1977 (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

    ARCTO3

    CHAMA4

    PIPO

    QUCH2

    QUKE

    Arctostaphylos

    Chamaecyparis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus chrysolepis

    Quercus kelloggii

    manzanita

    cedar

    ponderosa pine

    canyon live oak

    California black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—122

    —25—

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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

    25

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    1378

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    315

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    O—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); muck; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26357
    A—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 61 percent sand; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26358
    BA—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 59 percent sand; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26359
    Bt1—38 to 68 centimeters (15.0 to 26.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 58 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26360
    Bt2—68 to 101 centimeters (26.8 to 39.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 61 percent sand; 21 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26361
    BCt—101 to 122 centimeters (39.8 to 48.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26362
    C1—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 9 percent clay; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, bromcresol purple; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26363
    C2—157 to 190 centimeters (61.8 to 74.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 7 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, bromcresol purple. Lab sample # 40A26364