IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Josephine

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1960CA005024

User Pedon ID: S1960CA005024

Vegetation Plot ID: S1960CA005024

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A0245

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32773

Print Date: 5/20/2024

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: 38.4430542

Std. Longitude: -120.7047195

Datum: WGS84

Township: 7N

Range: 11E

Section: 24

PLSS Details: 0.35 mile north of the SE corner

Location Description: 1/2 mile west of Shake Ridge Road, crossing over Rancheria Creek, 150 feet north of Shake Ridge Road, 3.8 miles west of junction of Charleston, Volcano Road and Shake Ridge Road.

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-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Typic Haploxerults

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 24

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Josephine

PSC - 26 to 76 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/8/2016

Classifier - Andrew Paolucci

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Snd

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: upland

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:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods

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
ARCTO3 PIMA QUVE	Arctostaphylos Picea mariana Quercus velutina	manzanita black spruce black oak	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon argillic horizon	0—18 8—26 26—123	—- —- —-

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
25	—	—	625	—	0	838	—	—	12.8	21.1	4.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	Tiger Creek Station	—

O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A01821. organic layer consisting of fresh needles, litter, and decomposing litter.

A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; 39 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 1.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01822

AB—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; 37 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 16 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01823

Bt1—26 to 59 centimeters (10.2 to 23.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 26 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01824. of presence of a few partially disintegrated stones and bedrock.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471748; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471748

Bt2—59 to 97 centimeters (23.2 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01825. about 25 percent by volume of weathered soft rocks.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471749; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471749

Bt3—97 to 123 centimeters (38.2 to 48.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01826. about 35 percent by volume of weathered soft rocks.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471751; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471751

C—123 to 178 centimeters (48.4 to 70.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and gray (N 6/0), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) and dark gray (N 4/0), moist; loam; 44 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01827. continuous - phpvsfiid 1471753; continuous - phpvsfiid 1471753