IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shaver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: very deep
  • User Site ID: S1977CA019011
  • User Pedon ID: S1977CA019011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977CA019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3405
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38520
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 37.0750008
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1500015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: Old skid trail cut bank dug back 2-3 feet by hand and located .75 miles S SE of the US Forest Service Dinkey Creek Ranger Station
  • Location Description: Fresno County, California.
  • 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 and BA Nakamura
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Pachic Humixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shaver
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shaver
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1977
  • 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: 8/22/1977 (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

    ABCO

    CALOC2

    PIJE

    PILA

    PTAQP2

    RIBES

    Abies concolor

    Calocedrus

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

    Ribes

    white fir

    incense cedar

    Jeffrey pine

    sugar pine

    hairy brackenfern

    currant

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    153 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    paralithic contact

    8—84

    153—

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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

    20

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    1774

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    270

    1080

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26417
    Oe—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26418
    A1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, moist; loamy coarse sand; 80 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26419
    A2—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed and brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; loamy coarse sand; 83 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26420
    A3—36 to 84 centimeters (14.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, moist; loamy coarse sand; 86 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26421
    C1—84 to 120 centimeters (33.1 to 47.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed, brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, moist; loamy coarse sand; 87 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine single grain, and weak fine granular; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26422
    C2—120 to 153 centimeters (47.2 to 60.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1), brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1), moist; loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26423
    Cr—153 to 173 centimeters (60.2 to 68.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), black (10YR 2/1) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; single grain; loose, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 40A26424