IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladderlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015CA107004
  • User Pedon ID: S2015CA107004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2015CA107004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0257
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 85208
  • 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: 36.6277021
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3924343
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tyndall Creek
  • 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-F4—Mount Brewer, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Paolucci
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic Aquandic Cryaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladderlake
  • PSC - 35 to 110 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/2020
  • Classifier - Cathy Scott
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granitoid
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: flood-plain step on mountain valley
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: rare ponding for very brief periods
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat rounded indurated 250- to 600-millimeter granitoid, 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 75- to 250-millimeter granitoid,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F022AX017CA High Gradient Mainstem B-Channel Sep 15 2005 David Evans
    R022AX020CA Cryic mid-gradient B-Channel Jul 15 2019 David Evans

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Andrew Paolucci
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    10

    32

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    5.1

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    13.1

    6.2

    6.9

    81.8

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    8.1

    15.2

    21.6

    25.2

    11.7

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    ls

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    4.9
    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

    A

    10

    32

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    9.2

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    7.9

    19.3
    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 %

    A

    10

    32

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

    ANTEN

    CABR

    CALU6

    CAREX

    CASC12

    DAIN

    DECE

    DODEC

    ELEOC

    GEHO3

    GENE

    IVLY

    JUARL

    KAPO

    LUCO6

    LULE2

    LUOR4

    ORALA3

    PEBO2

    PHAL2

    PICOM

    PODR

    POGL9

    POGR9

    PTKI

    SAEA

    SIPR

    SOMU

    STELL

    TRMO2

    TRSP2

    VIOLA

    Antennaria

    Calamagrostis breweri

    Carex luzulifolia

    Carex

    Carex scopulorum

    Danthonia intermedia

    Deschampsia cespitosa

    Dodecatheon

    Eleocharis

    Gentianopsis holopetala

    Gentiana newberryi

    Ivesia lycopodioides

    Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis

    Kalmia polifolia

    Luzula comosa

    Lupinus lepidus

    Luzula orestera

    Oreostemma alpigenum var. andersonii

    Perideridia bolanderi

    Phleum alpinum

    Pinus contorta var. murrayana

    Potentilla drummondii

    Potentilla glandulosa

    Potentilla gracilis

    Ptilagrostis kingii

    Salix eastwoodiae

    Sibbaldia procumbens

    Solidago multiradiata

    Stellaria

    Trifolium monanthum

    Trisetum spicatum

    Viola

    pussytoes

    shorthair reedgrass

    littleleaf sedge

    sedge

    mountain sedge

    timber oatgrass

    tufted hairgrass

    shootingstar

    spikerush

    Sierra fringed gentian

    alpine gentian

    clubmoss mousetail

    mountain rush

    bog laurel

    Pacific woodrush

    Pacific lupine

    Sierra woodrush

    tundra aster

    Bolander's yampah

    alpine timothy

    Sierra lodgepole pine

    Drummond's cinquefoil

    sticky cinquefoil

    slender cinquefoil

    Sierra false needlegrass

    mountain willow

    creeping sibbaldia

    Rocky Mountain goldenrod

    starwort

    mountain carpet clover

    spike trisetum

    violet

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

    sapric soil materials

    redox concentrations

    umbric epipedon

    0—10

    10—50

    10—32

    —10—

    —40—

    —22—
    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

    4

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    Oa—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; muck; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (5.0) very fine roots throughout; common (1.0) very fine irregular and common (1.0) fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method; NaF pH; 5 percent of Unrubbed Fiber Volume; 2 percent of Rubbed Fiber Volume, by hcl, 1n, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N00932; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 10B 5/2 (10B 5/2), dry; very cobbly mucky loamy sand; 82 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 5 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine irregular and few (0.2) medium irregular and common (1.0) fine irregular pores; 9 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method; NaF pH; 2 percent of Unrubbed Fiber Volume; 0 percent of Rubbed Fiber Volume, by hcl, 1n, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N00933; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    C—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely cobbly coarse sand; 97 percent sand; 3 percent silt; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few (0.1) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and common (1.0) medium interstitial and common (1.0) fine interstitial pores; 30 percent very coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries at top of horizon; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter granitoid fragments observed by visual inspection method; NaF pH, by hcl, 1n, pH meter.; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small