IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FIDDYMENT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA061016
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA061016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969CA061016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43613
  • Print Date: 5/8/2024

    • 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: 38.8102760
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3102798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet E and 20 feet south of NE corner
  • Location Description: Placer County, California. Approximately 0.8 miles NE of WF Fiddyment Ranch in sewer line cut south of Alean Cable Co.
  • 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-loamy, mixed Entic Durochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FIDDYMENT
  • 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: gently sloping terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3V-118
  • 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

    2FA

    BRDI3

    BRHOH

    ERODI

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    Bromus diandrus

    Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus

    Erodium

    Forb, annual

    ripgut brome

    soft brome

    stork's bill

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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

    5

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    36.5

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    225

    508

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    16.1

    25.5

    7.2

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    A11—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00100
    A12—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00101
    B21—40 to 61 centimeters (15.7 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00102
    B22T—61 to 64 centimeters (24.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium interstitial pores; 1 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C1SIM—64 to 80 centimeters (25.2 to 31.5 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; bedrock; 3.0 fine roots; fragments.