IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Evolution

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2012CA019004

User Pedon ID: S2012CA019004

Vegetation Plot ID: S2012CA019004

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 13N0503

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73013

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 37.1889267

Std. Longitude: -118.7541083

Datum: WGS84

State: California

County: CA019—Fresno

MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA792—Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37118-B7—Mount Henry, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Chris Savastio

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic Vitrandic Cryorthents

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: till

Landscape: mountains

Landform: ground moraine on glacial-valley floor

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat indurated 2- to 75-millimeter granite, 8.00 percent nonflat indurated 251- to 600-millimeter granite, 3.00 percent nonflat indurated 601- to 3000-millimeter granite, 3.00 percent nonflat indurated 76- to 250-millimeter granite,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
F022AB111CA	Skeletal Valley Floor Till	Dec 1 2012	David Evans

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/26/2012 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers

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
ACLA8 ANRO2 ARABI2 CAIN10 CARO5 CISTA ELEL5 FRVI JUPA LUAL3 PIAL PICOM PICOM POWH2 SEWA2	Achnatherum latiglume Antennaria rosea Arabis Carex integra Carex rossii Cistanthe Elymus elymoides Fragaria virginiana Juncus parryi Lupinus albicaulis Pinus albicaulis Pinus contorta var. murrayana Pinus contorta var. murrayana Poa wheeleri Selaginella watsonii	Sierra needlegrass rosy pussytoes rockcress smoothbeak sedge Ross' sedge pussypaws squirreltail Virginia strawberry Parry's rush sicklekeel lupine whitebark pine Sierra lodgepole pine Sierra lodgepole pine Wheeler's bluegrass Watson's spikemoss	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, densic	noncoherent	106 - 132	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon redox concentrations densic contact	0—18 86—106 106—132	—- —- —-

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
11	—	—	2902	—	125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02219

A1—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy coarse sand; 76 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 1 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-20 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02220

A2—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; extremely stony loamy coarse sand; 78 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter charcoal fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 251-?-600 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02221

Bw—26 to 53 centimeters (10.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very cobbly loamy coarse sand; 78 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 251-?-600 millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-?-250 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02222

C1—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 77 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 22 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02223

C2—86 to 106 centimeters (33.9 to 41.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 76 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent medium irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 10 percent very coarse irregular dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox depletions and 40 percent medium irregular weakly coherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02224

Cd—106 to 132 centimeters (41.7 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; very stony loamy coarse sand; 81 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots top of horizon and 0.8 medium roots top of horizon and 8.0 fine roots top of horizon and 0.8 coarse roots top of horizon; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 251-?-600 millimeter granite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments. Lab sample # 13N02225