IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flanly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09CA630BJM048
  • User Pedon ID: R11CA109001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 09CA630BJM048
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6750
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55343
  • 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: 37.7736111
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2144444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 02S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: About 1627 ft. N and 1770 ft. East of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 6078—Sierra-Flanly complex, 15 to 65 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA109—Tuolumne
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37120-G2—Groveland, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ben Marshall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Flanly
  • PSC - 30 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Paolucci
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FLANLY
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from diorite
  • Landscape: Sierra Nevada foothills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent diorite at 105cm with 10 to <45
  • Geology: Basic Igneous Diorite Gabbro formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent flat moderately coherent cemented 2- to 150-millimeter granite, 2.00 percent nonflat moderately coherent cemented 76- to 250-millimeter granite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R018XI105CA Mesic Steep Convex Slopes bordering thermic May 17 2016 David Evans
    R018XI106CA Steep Thermic Hillslopes and Canyon Walls Mar 14 2017 David Evans

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Plant Association Name: Mixed Chapparel Live Oak ADFA1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, densic

    bedrock, paralithic

    noncoherent

    moderately coherent

    62 - 71

    71 - 200

    - 9 -

    - 129 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    densic materials

    paralithic contact

    0—18

    7—30

    30—62

    62—71

    71—200

    —18—

    —23—

    —32—

    —9—

    —95—
    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

    22

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    —

    710

    —

    240

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium irregular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—7 to 30 centimeters (2.8 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular pores; and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.
    Cd/Bt—51 to 62 centimeters (20.1 to 24.4 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.
    Cd—62 to 71 centimeters (24.4 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 25 percent clay; massive; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Cr—71 to 200 centimeters (28.0 to 78.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.