IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCarthy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CA061003
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0632
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14594
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Just South of road, 250 feet East of landing.
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarthy
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2000
  • 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: 10/6/2000 (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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    1590

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    315

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    O2—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); fragments.
    A1—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; loam; 7 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03860
    A2—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loam; 11 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine pores; 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03861
    A3—21 to 44 centimeters (8.3 to 17.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; loam; 13 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 fine and medium tubular and 2.0 fine pores; 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03862
    B—44 to 55 centimeters (17.3 to 21.7 inches); 7.5YR 3/5 (7.5YR 3/5), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; loam; 21 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 2.0 fine and coarse tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03863
    R—55 to 153 centimeters (21.7 to 60.2 inches); 1.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments.