IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nedsgulch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: R07CA630DWB007
  • User Pedon ID: S2007DWB007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: R07CA630DWB007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0448
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24745
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.2405548
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4616699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 32
  • Map Unit: 8172—Nedsgulch-Wallyhill-Arpatutu complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-B4—Murphys, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dean Burkett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nedsgulch
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mesic Ultic Palexeralfs, fi-lo, very deep
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from schist
  • Landscape: Sierra Nevada foothills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Calaveras Complex Melange formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Mixed Hardwood Conifer Forest
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    APAN2

    ARMA

    BLNAN

    BRHO2

    BRRU2

    CECU

    CYEC

    ELEL5

    PIPO

    PISA2

    QUKE

    QUWI2

    SYMPH

    TODI

    TRIFO

    Apocynum androsaemifolium

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Blennosperma nanum var. nanum

    Bromus hordeaceus

    Bromus rubens

    Ceanothus cuneatus

    Cynosurus echinatus

    Elymus elymoides

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pinus sabiniana

    Quercus kelloggii

    Quercus wislizeni

    Symphoricarpos

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    Trifolium

    spreading dogbane

    whiteleaf manzanita

    common stickyseed

    soft brome

    red brome

    buckbrush

    bristly dogstail grass

    squirreltail

    ponderosa pine

    California foothill pine

    California black oak

    interior live oak

    snowberry

    Pacific poison oak

    clover

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—206

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/20/2007

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    20
    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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    831

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    70

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oe—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 7.0 very fine irregular pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BA—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 25.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium irregular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461041; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461042; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461041; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461042
    Bt2—29 to 47 centimeters (11.4 to 18.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461043; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461044; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461043; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461044
    Bt3—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 90 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 90 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 461045; continuous - phpvsfiid 461046; continuous - phpvsfiid 461045; continuous - phpvsfiid 461046
    Bt4—70 to 109 centimeters (27.6 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 90 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 461047; continuous - phpvsfiid 461047
    Bt5—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 100 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. continuous - phpvsfiid 461048; continuous - phpvsfiid 461048
    Bt6—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.5. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461049; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461049
    Bt7—175 to 190 centimeters (68.9 to 74.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461050; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461050
    Bt8—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461051; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 461051