IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bellecanyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: outwash, dry
  • User Site ID: S2014CA107003
  • User Pedon ID: S2014CA107003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2014CA107003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0491
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79633
  • 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: 36.7128400
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6806440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA107—Tulare
  • 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: 36118-F6—Mount Silliman, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Julie Baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Humixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bellecanyon
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2016
  • Classifier - Cathy Scott
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bellecanyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic, frigid Pachic Humixerepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from granite over till derived from granite
  • Landform: outwash plain on mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 250- to 600-millimeter granite, 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 600- to 1500-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
    F022AD105CA Frigid Glacial Outwash Dec 1 2014 David Evans
  • Vegplot Text Note(s): western needlegrass (ACOC3), sedge (CAREX), white fir (ABCO), Jeffrey pine (PIJE), greenleaf manzanita (ARPA6), mat muhly (MURI), aster (ASTER), Sierra lodgepole pine (PICOM), whitethorn ceanothus (CECO), Ross' sedge (CARO5)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/2014 (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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oi

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    0

    5

    18

    43

    89

    5

    18

    43

    89

    160

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    3.2

    3.7

    3.6

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    17

    16.7

    14.7

    13.7

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    79.8

    79.6

    81.7

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    lcos

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    lcos

    lcos

    90

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    6.2

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    6.3
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oi

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

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    5

    18

    43

    89

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    43

    89

    160

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    10.3

    10.8

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oi

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    0

    5

    18

    43

    89

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    89

    160

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABCO

    ABCO

    ABCO

    ABCO

    ABCO

    ACHNA

    ACOC3

    ANCO

    ARABI2

    ARPA6

    ARPA6

    ASTER

    ASTER

    CAREX

    CAREX

    CARO5

    CARO5

    CECO

    CECO

    ELEL5

    HIHO

    KEGA

    LOTUS

    MURI

    MURI

    PICOM

    PICOM

    PICOM

    PICOM

    PICOM

    PIJE

    PIJE

    PIJE

    PIJE

    PIJE

    SALIX

    SILEN

    Abies concolor

    Abies concolor

    Abies concolor

    Abies concolor

    Abies concolor

    Achnatherum

    Achnatherum occidentale

    Antennaria corymbosa

    Arabis

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Aster

    Aster

    Carex

    Carex

    Carex rossii

    Carex rossii

    Ceanothus cordulatus

    Ceanothus cordulatus

    Elymus elymoides

    Hieracium horridum

    Kelloggia galioides

    Lotus

    Muhlenbergia richardsonis

    Muhlenbergia richardsonis

    Pinus contorta var. murrayana

    Pinus contorta var. murrayana

    Pinus contorta var. murrayana

    Pinus contorta var. murrayana

    Pinus contorta var. murrayana

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Salix

    Silene

    white fir

    white fir

    white fir

    white fir

    white fir

    needlegrass

    western needlegrass

    flat-top pussytoes

    rockcress

    greenleaf manzanita

    greenleaf manzanita

    aster

    aster

    sedge

    sedge

    Ross' sedge

    Ross' sedge

    whitethorn ceanothus

    whitethorn ceanothus

    squirreltail

    prickly hawkweed

    milk kelloggia

    trefoil

    mat muhly

    mat muhly

    Sierra lodgepole pine

    Sierra lodgepole pine

    Sierra lodgepole pine

    Sierra lodgepole pine

    Sierra lodgepole pine

    Jeffrey pine

    Jeffrey pine

    Jeffrey pine

    Jeffrey pine

    Jeffrey pine

    willow

    catchfly

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

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    5—89

    18—43

    —84—

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

    9/12/2014

    50

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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

    9

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; slightly decomposed plant material; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02494; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; 80 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02495; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 80 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 medium irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02496; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 82 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 medium irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-163-250 millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02497; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—89 to 160 centimeters (35.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3), moist; very cobbly loamy coarse sand; 83 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 medium irregular and 1.0 fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 22 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-163-250 millimeter granite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 15N02498; dry when described; observed in pit, small