IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fiddyment
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982CA067008
  • User Pedon ID: 82CA067008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52543
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • 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: 38.6036110
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3411102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.1 mi SW of Carmichael, 1150 feet N of corner of Fairoaks and Gunn, on Gunn 165 feet W in vacant lot.
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William Reed, Jack Wright and Arlene Tugel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fiddyment
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carmichael
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Durixeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    2

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    29

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    225

    48

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    16

    24

    8

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01367. many very fine and fine roots
    1A2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01368. few clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots
    1BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01369. many clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1Bt1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01370. many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1Bt2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films between sand grains and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01371. few very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 229538; continuous - phpvsfiid 229539; continuous - phpvsfiid 229538; continuous - phpvsfiid 229539
    1Bt3—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films between sand grains and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01372. few very fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 229540; continuous - phpvsfiid 229541; continuous - phpvsfiid 229540; continuous - phpvsfiid 229541
    1Cqm—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/8) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; weathered bedrock; strong very coarse platy structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P01373. Opal coatings less than 1 mm thick on top surface of plates; black (N/2) Fe-Mn stains on tops of plates.