D17 SJER Megapit Soils Description
| Print Date: Feb 21 2018 | Country: |
| Description Date: Nov 15 2016 | State: California |
| Describer: Julie Baker | County: Fresno |
| Site ID: S2016CA019003_MP | MLRA: 18 -- Sierra Nevada Foothills |
| Site Note: | Soil Survey Area: |
| Pedon ID: S2016CA039001 | Map Unit: |
| Pedon Note: | Quad Name: |
| Lab Source ID: KSSL | Std Latitude: |
| Lab Pedon #: 17N0137 | Std Longitude: |
| User Transect ID: | |
| Soil Name as Described/Sampled: SJER | |
| Classification: | Latitude: 37 degrees 6 minutes 25.56 seconds north |
| Soil Name as Correlated: | Longitude: 119 degrees 43 minutes 58.80 seconds west |
| Classification: | Datum: WGS84 |
| Pedon Type: | UTM Zone: 11 |
| Pedon Purpose: | UTM Easting: 257145 meters |
| Taxon Kind: | UTM Northing: 4110249 meters |
| Associated Soils: | |
| Physiographic Division: | Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover |
| Physiographic Province: | Secondary Earth Cover: Intermixed conifers and hardwoods |
| Physiographic Section: | Existing Vegetation: |
| State Physiographic Area: | Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from granite over residuum weathered from granite |
| Local Physiographic Area: | Bedrock Kind: granite |
| Geomorphic Setting: on backslope of interfluve of hillslope on backslope of interfluve of hills | Bedrock Depth: 170 centimeters |
| Upslope Shape: convex | Bedrock Hardness: strongly cemented |
| Cross Slope Shape: convex | Bedrock Fracture Interval: 200 centimeters or more |
| Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 cm. | Surface Fragments: |
| Description origin: NASIS | Description database: KSSL |
| Diagnostic Features: | mollic epipedon 0 to 57 cm. |
| Top Depth (cm) | Bottom Depth (cm) | Restriction Kind | Restriction Hardness |
| 129 | 170 | bedrock, paralithic | weakly cemented |
| 170 | 185 | bedrock, lithic | strongly cemented |
| Cont. Site ID: S2016CA019003_MP | Pedon ID: S2016CA039001 |
| Slope (%) | Elevation (meters) | Aspect (deg) | MAAT (C) | MSAT (C) | MWAT (C) | MAP (mm) | Frost-Free Days | Drainage Class | Slope Length (meters) | Upslope Length (meters) |
| 15.0 | 374.0 | 17 | well |
A1--0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy sand, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 82 percent sand; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; many very fine irregular and common fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; 7 percent nonflat subrounded very strongly cemented 2 to 75-millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00822
A2--8 to 34 centimeters (3.1 to 13.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy coarse sand, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 83 percent sand; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; many very fine irregular and common medium irregular and common fine irregular pores; 7 percent nonflat subrounded very strongly cemented 2 to 75-millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00823
BA--34 to 57 centimeters (13.4 to 22.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loamy coarse sand, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 84 percent sand; 3 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; many very fine irregular and common fine irregular pores; 5 percent nonflat subrounded very strongly cemented 2 to 75-millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00824
Bw--57 to 81 centimeters (22.4 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loamy coarse sand, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 79 percent sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; common very fine irregular and common fine irregular pores; 5 percent nonflat rounded very strongly cemented 2 to 75-millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00825
C--81 to 129 centimeters (31.9 to 50.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sand, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; 97 percent sand; 1 percent clay; weak very thick platy structure; hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few very fine roots throughout; common very fine irregular pores; 10 percent nonflat rounded very strongly cemented 2 to 75-millimeter granite fragments; 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00826
Cr--129 to 170 centimeters (50.8 to 66.9 inches); bedrock; structureless massive; . Lab sample # 17N00827
R--170 to 185 centimeters (66.9 to 72.8 inches); strongly cemented granite bedrock, fractured at intervals of 200 centimeters or more.
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