IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calgro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960CA005020
  • User Pedon ID: S1960CA005020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960CA005020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2986
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38115
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 38.2602768
  • Std. Longitude: -120.9205551
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 0.1 mile S of the center of the NW1/4
  • Location Description: On Strohm's Ranch, 1/4 mile SW of Easterling's house. 3/4 mile SW of Buena Vista Peaks, Photo DDE-26-114.
  • State: California
  • County: CA005—Amador
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA628—Amador Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jack McClelland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Durochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calgro
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pentz
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: foothills
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1960 (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

    AICA

    Aira caryophyllea

    silver hairgrass

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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

    4

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    152

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    135

    559

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    16.1

    31.1

    7.8

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; massive parts to weak very fine granular; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23504
    A12—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive parts to weak very fine granular; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23505
    C1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23506
    2C2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23507
    2C3—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23508. Hardpan layers are 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick and occur at 1 to 2 intervals; few thin bands in upper portion.