IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sites
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959-CA-10-012
  • User Pedon ID: 59-CA-10-012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959-CA-10-012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5910012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41940
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 36.9436760
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1804276
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 30
  • State: California
  • County: CA019—Fresno
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA750—Sierra National Forest Area Parts of Fresno, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36119-H2—Sacate Ridge, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JF, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Xeric Palehumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sites
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SITES
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: metasedimentary rock, unspecified
  • Geology: Metasedimentary Quartz Mica Sh formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/6/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    PIPO

    Pinus ponderosa

    ponderosa pine

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

    bedrock, lithic

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    208 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    lithic contact

    0—10

    10—122

    30—

    208—

    —10—

    —112—

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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

    55

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    1439

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    180

    813

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    10

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02733
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02734
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 11 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02735
    AB—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine granular parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02736
    Bt1—30 to 86 centimeters (11.8 to 33.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; clay; 31 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 49 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02737. continuous - phpvsfiid 662726; continuous - phpvsfiid 662726
    Bt2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); 2.5YR 6 (2.5YR/6), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; clay loam; 43 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02738. continuous - phpvsfiid 662727; continuous - phpvsfiid 662727
    BC—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), dry; sandy clay loam; 63 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02739
    C—157 to 208 centimeters (61.8 to 81.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 12 percent clay; massive; hard, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02740
    R—208 centimeters (81.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02741