IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crimeahouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 11CA630CKS074
  • User Pedon ID: S2011CA009005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 11CA630CKS074
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7645
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55303
  • 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: 38.2197222
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7902778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 04N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 420 meters west and 490 meters north of the southeast corner of the section
  • Map Unit: 7166—Sixbit-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 45 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-B7—Valley Springs, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Savastio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crimeahouse
  • PSC - 43 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/2017
  • Classifier - Cathy Scott
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crimeariver
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from serpentinite over residuum weathered from serpentinite
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated serpentinite at 80cm with 45 to <100
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat indurated 2- to 75-millimeter serpentinite, 5.00 percent nonflat indurated 250- to 600-millimeter serpentinite, 3.00 percent nonflat indurated 75- to 250-millimeter serpentinite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ADFA

    ARCTO3

    HEAR5

    PISA2

    Adenostoma fasciculatum

    Arctostaphylos

    Heteromeles arbutifolia

    Pinus sabiniana

    chamise

    manzanita

    toyon

    California foothill pine

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    80 - 203

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—18

    25—43

    43—80

    80—203

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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

    20

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    331

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist; gravelly highly organic loam; 34 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    BAt—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches);, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3), moist; very cobbly loam; 37 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very stony loam; 35 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 40 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—43 to 80 centimeters (16.9 to 31.5 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; extremely cobbly clay loam; 31 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 very coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter serpentinite fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter serpentinite fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.
    R—80 to 203 centimeters (31.5 to 79.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.