IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aiken
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA005011
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA005011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CA005011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37489
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 38.5080566
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5363922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north of road east of Fiddletown to Highway 88 in the SW1/4 of the NE1/4
  • Location Description: On the Allen Ranch.
  • State: California
  • County: CA005—Amador
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA628—Amador Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grant Kennedy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, sesquic, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aiken
  • PSC - 61 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aiken
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BELE

    PTERI

    QUVE

    Betula lenta

    Pteridium

    Quercus velutina

    sweet birch

    brackenfern

    black oak

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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

    8

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    1213

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    270

    1143

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22943. Organic layer consisting of fresh pine needles, leaves, and twigs, becoming more decomposed with depth (not sampled).
    A1—5 to 43 centimeters (2.0 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22944
    A3—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium and 1.0 coarse pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22945. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186754; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186754
    B11T—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22946. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186755; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186755
    B12T—99 to 129 centimeters (39.0 to 50.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and medium and 1.0 coarse pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay bridges; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22947. continuous - phpvsfiid 186756; continuous - phpvsfiid 186756
    B21T—129 to 155 centimeters (50.8 to 61.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 1.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 medium pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22948. continuous - phpvsfiid 196538; continuous - phpvsfiid 196538
    B22T—155 to 195 centimeters (61.0 to 76.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; 1.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 medium pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay bridges; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22949. continuous - phpvsfiid 196540; continuous - phpvsfiid 196540
    B31T—195 to 218 centimeters (76.8 to 85.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; massive; hard when dry, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; 1.0 pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22950. continuous - phpvsfiid 184027; continuous - phpvsfiid 184027
    B32T—218 to 239 centimeters (85.8 to 94.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22951