IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCarthy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CA061002
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA061002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0631
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14592
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 100 feet North Northwest of North West corner plot 9 west of road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarthy
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lahar
  • Landform: gently sloping mudflow
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    4

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    1574

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    315

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    O2—5 to 7 centimeters (2.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments.
    A1—7 to 17 centimeters (2.8 to 6.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; loam; 9 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03856
    A2—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; loam; 11 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03857
    B1—29 to 56 centimeters (11.4 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), 7.5YR 4/5 (7.5YR 4/5), dry; loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots and coarse roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular and 2.0 fine and medium pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03858
    B2—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 15 percent clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium and coarse roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03859
    R1—80 to 109 centimeters (31.5 to 42.9 inches); 1.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    R2—109 to 155 centimeters (42.9 to 61.0 inches); 1.0 fine roots; fragments.