IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nedsgulch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: R08CA630DWB020
  • User Pedon ID: S2008DWB020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: R08CA630DWB020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0450
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24747
  • 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: 38.2436104
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5758362
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 05N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 31
  • Map Unit: 8172—Nedsgulch-Wallyhill-Arpatutu complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • 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-B5—Calaveritas, 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 - 11 to 61 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 - Nedsgulch
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/2008 (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

    ACHIL

    ARMA

    ARME

    AVFA

    CADE27

    CECU

    CYNOS2

    ELEL5

    HEAR5

    IRIS

    LONIC

    PILA

    PIPO

    PLANT

    PTAQ

    QUKE

    QUWI2

    SEGI2

    Achillea

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Arbutus menziesii

    Avena fatua

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Ceanothus cuneatus

    Cynosurus

    Elymus elymoides

    Heteromeles arbutifolia

    Iris

    Lonicera

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Plantago

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Quercus kelloggii

    Quercus wislizeni

    Sequoiadendron giganteum

    yarrow

    whiteleaf manzanita

    Pacific madrone

    wild oat

    incense cedar

    buckbrush

    dogstail grass

    squirreltail

    toyon

    iris

    honeysuckle

    sugar pine

    ponderosa pine

    plantain

    western brackenfern

    California black oak

    interior live oak

    giant sequoia

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—11

    11—151

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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

    29

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    680

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    40

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BA—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—11 to 31 centimeters (4.3 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462724; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462725; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462724; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462725
    Bt2—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462726; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462727; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462726; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462727
    Bt3—41 to 78 centimeters (16.1 to 30.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462728; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462729; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462728; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462729
    Bt4—78 to 107 centimeters (30.7 to 42.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam, clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 462730; continuous - phpvsfiid 462731; continuous - phpvsfiid 462730; continuous - phpvsfiid 462731
    Bt5—107 to 151 centimeters (42.1 to 59.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 462732; continuous - phpvsfiid 462733; continuous - phpvsfiid 462732; continuous - phpvsfiid 462733
    BCt1—151 to 162 centimeters (59.4 to 63.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462734; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462735; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462734; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 462735
    BCt2—162 to 172 centimeters (63.8 to 67.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 80 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 462736; continuous - phpvsfiid 462737; continuous - phpvsfiid 462736; continuous - phpvsfiid 462737
    2BC—172 to 221 centimeters (67.7 to 87.0 inches); pale red (2.5YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. continuous - phpvsfiid 462738; continuous - phpvsfiid 462738