IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nedsgulch

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: R09CA630CKS049

User Pedon ID: S2009CKS049

Vegetation Plot ID: R09CA630CKS049

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0464

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24761

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: 38.2511101

Std. Longitude: -120.5258331

Datum: WGS84

Township: 05N

Range: 13E

Section: 27

PLSS Details: 2/5 mile WNW of the SE corner of the section

Map Unit: 8173—Nedsgulch-Wallyhill-Arpatutu complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes

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-C5—Rail Road Flat, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Chris Savastio

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

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Nedsgulch

PSC - 16 to 66 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 - 8/3/2009

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: foothills

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

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: 8/3/2009 (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
ARCTO3 CADE27 CHFO PIPO QUKE QUWI2 TODI	Arctostaphylos Calocedrus decurrens Chamaebatia foliolosa Pinus ponderosa Quercus kelloggii Quercus wislizeni Toxicodendron diversilobum	manzanita incense cedar mountain misery ponderosa pine California black oak interior live oak Pacific poison oak	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon	0—16 16—164	—- —-

Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date	Depth	Sensor Kind	Temperature
	cm		C
8/3/2009	50	—	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
45	—	—	2598	—	170	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary.

Oe—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary.

A—10 to 16 centimeters (3.9 to 6.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.

Bt1—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular and 0.8 medium tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 80 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.

Bt2—26 to 48 centimeters (10.2 to 18.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.8 medium tubular pores; 50 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 85 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.

Bt3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; loam; 46 percent sand; 25 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt4—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 44 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.8 fine irregular pores; 65 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter granodiorite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt5—107 to 134 centimeters (42.1 to 52.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 37 percent sand; 31 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 0.8 very fine irregular pores; 65 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.

Bt6—134 to 164 centimeters (52.8 to 64.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 32 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 medium roots; 10 percent distinct dusky red (10R 3/3) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 85 percent distinct dusky red (10R 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog.