IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977CA019013
  • User Pedon ID: S1977CA019013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977CA019013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38522
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.0540700
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2501400
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2 km (1.25 miles) NNW of Blue Canyon Work Center, on a roadcut on Forest Road 10S18; A roadcut dug back 2 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holland (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holland
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1977
  • 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: 6/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    CHFO

    PIPO

    QUKE

    Abies concolor

    Calocedrus

    Chamaebatia foliolosa

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus kelloggii

    white fir

    incense cedar

    mountain misery

    ponderosa pine

    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

    5—23

    23—157

    —18—

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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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    1329

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    90

    952

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A26433
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 17 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26434
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26435
    AB—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) rubbed, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) rubbed, moist; sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26436
    BAt—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) rubbed, moist; sandy clay loam; 47 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films between sand grains and 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26437
    Bt1—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) rubbed, moist; clay loam; 44 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 29 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26438. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680279; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680279
    Bt2—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) rubbed, moist; sandy clay loam; 48 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 28 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26439. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680282; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680282
    Bt3—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) rubbed, moist; sandy clay loam; 53 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 26 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26440. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680283; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680284; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680283; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680284
    C—157 to 173 centimeters (61.8 to 68.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) rubbed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed, moist; coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight 2-3-5 millimeter granitoid fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 40A26441. continuous - phpvsfiid 1680286; continuous - phpvsfiid 1680286