IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Argonaut
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973-CA-05-075x
  • User Pedon ID: 73-CA-05-075x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973-CA-05-075x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7305075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42280
  • Print Date: 4/30/2024

    • 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: 38.0296086
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5861810
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: N/2, SW/4, NE/4
  • Map Unit: 7089—Gardellones-Gopheridge-Motherlode complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-A5—Angels Camp, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS, COS, RMS, LKS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Argonaut
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/2015
  • Classifier - Theresa Kunch
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PINCHEM
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Bedrock: metavolcanics
  • Geology: Greenstone. Geologic Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/2009 (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

    FRCA6

    Fremontodendron californicum

    California flannelbush

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—30

    18—81

    97—200

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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

    28

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    561

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    45

    762

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    13.9

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak coarse granular parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine irregular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00865
    AB—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine irregular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00866
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD00867
    Bt2—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; structureless coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD00868
    C—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.1 medium tubular and 0.1 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD00869
    R—97 to 97 centimeters (38.2 to 38.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD00870