IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FIDDYMENT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA061006
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA061006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969CA061006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43606
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • 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: 38.7666664
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3555527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 30
  • Location Description: Placer County, California. Approximately 38 feet NW of Roseville John Fiddyment Ranch and 15 feet NW of S69CA-31-5.
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA620—Placer County, California, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Abruptic Durixeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FIDDYMENT
  • PSC - 41 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fiddyment
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: undulating terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3V-116
  • 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

    BRHOH

    ERODI

    TRHI4

    TRIN3

    Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus

    Erodium

    Trifolium hirtum

    Trifolium incarnatum

    soft brome

    stork's bill

    rose clover

    crimson clover

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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

    3

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    32.3

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    135

    514

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    16.1

    25.5

    7.2

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    AP1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    A12—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00070
    2B2T—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00071
    3C1SIM—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; bedrock; massive; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films; fragments.
    3C2SIM—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.