IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Typic Xeropsamments
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: granitic
  • User Site ID: S1958-CA-10-002
  • User Pedon ID: 58-CA-10-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958-CA-10-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5810002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41336
  • Print Date: 4/18/2024

    • 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: 37.0610809
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2503357
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 16
  • 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: JF, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Xeropsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HOLLAND
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Granitic-hornblende Biotite Gr formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/11/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California black oak

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

    bedrock, paralithic

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    84 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    paralithic contact

    0—16

    84—

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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

    7

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    1158

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    90

    1016

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    12.2

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD00506
    O2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD00507
    A11—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00508
    A12—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00509
    A3—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), 5/4 5/4), dry; loam; moderate very fine granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00510
    Bt—51 to 115 centimeters (20.1 to 45.3 inches); 4/3 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00511
    Bt—115 to 186 centimeters (45.3 to 73.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), 5/4 5/4), dry; sand; moderate subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00512
    Bt—186 to 232 centimeters (73.2 to 91.3 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00513
    B3—232 to 259 centimeters (91.3 to 102.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), 7/4 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00514
    C—259 to 259 centimeters (102.0 to 102.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # UCD00515