IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FIDDYMENT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA061008
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA061008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43608
  • 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: -121.3552780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 55 yards north and 185 yards east of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 3.7 miles northwest of Roseville, California. John Fiddyment Ranch.
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA620—Placer County, California, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. B. Goudey, T. M. Ryan, L. A. Brittan, G. M. Kennedy.
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FIDDYMENT
  • PSC - 30 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fiddyment
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    5

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    33

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    135

    508

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    16.1

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    AP—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 69C00083
    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); pale red (10R 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00074
    A3—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00075
    B21T—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots top of horizon; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent clay bridges on sand and gravel; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00076
    B22T—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent clay bridges on sand and gravel; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00077
    B3—63 to 71 centimeters (24.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent clay bridges on sand and gravel; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00078
    2C1SIM—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent clay bridges on sand and gravel; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00079
    2C2SIM—89 to 105 centimeters (35.0 to 41.3 inches); massive; very hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00080. Siltstone
    2C3SI—105 to 120 centimeters (41.3 to 47.2 inches); massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00081. Siltstone
    3C4—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; stratified sandy loam to silt loam; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent clay bridges and 10 percent clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 69C00082. Clay bridges occur in sandy loam strata; clay films in the silt loam strata.