IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pardee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982CA067004
  • User Pedon ID: 82CA067004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52536
  • Print Date: 5/13/2024

    • 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: 38.3108330
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0569458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 6.6 mi SE of the town of Clay, 800 feet N and 800 feet E of gate on Dry Creek Ranch Rd. 7600 feet N of Dry Creek Ranch.
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Buelter, Bill Reed, Arlene Tugel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, thermic Lithic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pardee
  • PSC - 28 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pardee
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Lithic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1982 (actual site observation 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    41 - 200

    - 159 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—28

    28—41

    41—200

    —28—

    —13—

    —159—
    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

    3

    —

    —

    52

    —

    225

    43

    —

    —

    16

    25

    7

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    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 36 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01328. many very fine roots
    A2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 38 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01329. common very fine roots
    BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 35 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01330. common very fine roots
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; very gravelly loam; 31 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01331. common clay films surface features; common very fine roots
    Bt2—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 37 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films and 55 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 83P01332. many clay films surface features; common clay films surface features; common very fine roots
    2R—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Lab sample # 83P01333