IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018CA019012
  • User Pedon ID: S2018CA019012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N2068
  • User Project ID: SOAP_D17_NEON
  • Project Name: NEON - Soaproot Saddle
  • Print Date: 12/7/2025

    • 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: 37.0306370
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2768190
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: About 700 m NNE of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 33.7;13;40x40 SW marker
  • Map Unit: 137—Holland family, 35 to 65 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA750—Sierra National Forest Area Parts of Fresno, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37119-A3—Shaver Lake, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Paolucci
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium over residuum derived from granodiorite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: very weakly coherent granodiorite at 173cm
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2- to 75-millimeter granodiorite, 1.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75- to 250-millimeter granodiorite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 12
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - SOAP_012
  • DSP Plot ID - SW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 13
  • Plot Baseline Length - 34
  • Plot Width - 40
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Center of pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Andrew Paolucci

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F022AK101CA Mesic Shoulders And Backslopes Aug 7 2018 Andrew Paolucci

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Andrew Paolucci;David Evans
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    very weakly coherent

    173 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—38

    38—173

    173—

    —38—

    —135—

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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

    22

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    1324

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    237

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; highly organic coarse sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine irregular and few (0.2) medium irregular and common (2.0) fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; 7.5 NaF pH; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N06264; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Granular structure in patches of this horizon where there are high amounts of fine roots.; Percent sand, silt and clay, texture, and pH, as recorded here, were determined by KSSL characterization data.
    AB—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and moderately few (0.7) medium roots throughout and moderately few (0.8) fine roots throughout and common (1.0) coarse roots throughout; common (1.0) very fine irregular and few (0.1) medium irregular and few (0.2) fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular weakly coherent cemented 75-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; 9 NaF pH; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06265; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Percent sand, silt and clay, texture, and pH, as recorded here, were determined by KSSL characterization data.
    Bt1—38 to 67 centimeters (15.0 to 26.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 56 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) medium roots throughout and moderately few (0.8) fine roots throughout and common (1.0) coarse roots throughout; few (0.8) very fine tubular and common (1.0) very fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; 8 NaF pH; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N06266; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. Percent sand, silt and clay, texture, and pH, as recorded here, were determined by KSSL characterization data.
    Bt2—67 to 107 centimeters (26.4 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; paracobbly sandy clay loam; 59 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few (0.5) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) medium roots throughout and moderately few (0.3) fine roots throughout; common (1.0) very fine tubular and few (0.1) medium tubular and common (1.0) fine tubular pores; 18 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 75-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; 8 NaF pH; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06267; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. Percent sand, silt and clay, texture, and pH, as recorded here, were determined by KSSL characterization data.
    Bt3—107 to 173 centimeters (42.1 to 68.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very paracobbly sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; very few (0.1) very fine roots throughout and very few (0.1) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and few (0.5) fine interstitial pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 75-163-250 millimeter granodiorite fragments observed by visual inspection method; 8 NaF pH; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cr—173 to 180 centimeters (68.1 to 70.9 inches); bedrock; very weakly coherent; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in auger, bucket