IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DUBAKELLA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968CA057036
  • User Pedon ID: S1968CA057036
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968CA057036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43570
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 39.2661095
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0588913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet west and 750 feet north of E 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: BLM property; dozer cut (pit) 60 feet west of dirt road and 650 feet south of Newton Road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA057—Nevada
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA619—Nevada County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. A. Brittan and T. M. Ryan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, magnesic, mesic, shallow Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DUBAKELLA
  • PSC - 15 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dubakella
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1968 (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

    ARCTO3

    CEANO

    ERIOD

    QUDO

    QUVI

    Arctostaphylos

    Ceanothus

    Eriodictyon

    Quercus douglasii

    Quercus virginiana

    manzanita

    ceanothus

    yerba santa

    blue oak

    live 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

    7

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    762

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    23

    1194

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    13.3

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.; dry when described;. leaves, litter, undecomposed.
    A11—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00860; dry when described;
    A12—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00861; dry when described;
    B2t—16 to 42 centimeters (6.3 to 16.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 0.1 very fine interstitial pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00862; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 188757; continuous - phpvsfiid 188757
    C—42 to 67 centimeters (16.5 to 26.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale olive (5Y 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; massive; very hard, very firm; 0.1 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium and coarse roots; clay bridges between sand grains and 30 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00863; dry when described;
    R—67 to 80 centimeters (26.4 to 31.5 inches); fragments.; dry when described;. slightly weathered ultrabasic rock.