IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nedsgulch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: R07CA630DWB015
  • User Pedon ID: S2007DWB015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: R07CA630DWB015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0449
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24746
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.1685562
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4748077
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 N.
  • Range: 14 E.
  • Section: 30
  • Map Unit: 8171—Nedsgulch-Wallyhill complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • 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 Typic Haploxerults
  • 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 - 6 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ultic Haploxeralfs, deep
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy colluvium derived from schist
  • Landscape: Sierra Nevada foothills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent schist, unspecified at 147cm
  • Geology: Schist member of the Calaveras Complex formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 30.00 percent flat subangular 2- to 75-millimeter schist, unspecified, 2.00 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter schist, unspecified, 5.00 percent nonflat subangular 75- to 250-millimeter schist, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10545-144
  • Plant Association Name: Montane-Hardwood-Conifer
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 25
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARMA

    CHFO

    TODI

    ERCA6

    QUCH2

    HEAR5

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Chamaebatia foliolosa

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    Eriodictyon californicum

    Quercus chrysolepis

    Heteromeles arbutifolia

    whiteleaf manzanita

    mountain misery

    Pacific poison oak

    California yerba santa

    canyon live oak

    toyon

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

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    147 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—6

    6—112

    147—

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

    7/18/2007

    50

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    25
    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

    12

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    703

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    330

    889

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 45 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    BAt—6 to 20 centimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.8 medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379871; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379871
    Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 8.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379873; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379872; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379873; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379872
    Bt2—41 to 72 centimeters (16.1 to 28.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 8.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379874; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379875; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379874; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379875
    Bt3—72 to 112 centimeters (28.3 to 44.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 fine to coarse roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint clay bridges on vertical faces of peds; 50 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379876; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379877; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379876; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379877
    BC—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; extremely gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent by volume nonflat angular 2-?-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described;
    Cr—147 to 172 centimeters (57.9 to 67.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.; dry when described;