IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nedsgulch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: R09CA630CKS040
  • User Pedon ID: S2009CKS040
  • Vegetation Plot ID: R09CA630CKS040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0462
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24759
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.3636093
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5280533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 06N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1/3 Mile SE of the NW corner of the section
  • Map Unit: 8162—Nedsgulch-Arpatutu complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • 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-C5—Rail Road Flat, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Savastio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nedsgulch
  • PSC - 14 to 64 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 - Schaad
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from metasedimentary rock over residuum weathered from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • 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: 7/16/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CADE27

    PIPO

    PTAQ

    QUKE

    TODI

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Quercus kelloggii

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    incense cedar

    ponderosa pine

    western brackenfern

    California black oak

    Pacific poison oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—14

    14—200

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

    7/16/2009

    50

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    17
    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

    33

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    2621

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    340

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    Oi—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—14 to 36 centimeters (5.5 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 0.8 very fine irregular pores; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt2—36 to 75 centimeters (14.2 to 29.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.8 medium tubular pores; 70 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores and 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt3—75 to 112 centimeters (29.5 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; loam; 48 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.8 medium tubular pores; 60 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 90 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt coats on surfaces along pores; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt4—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 26 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 90 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt5—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; 36 percent sand; 34 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 98 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt6—173 to 200 centimeters (68.1 to 78.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; 42 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 95 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-76 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog.