A natural resource condition assessment for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Appendix 5 – soils
Despain J. 2013. A natural resource condition assessment for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Appendix 5 – soils. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SEKI/NRR—2013/665.5. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Soil mapping and information within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is largely lacking. One significant soil mapping project (19,900 hectares) was completed in 1987 by Gordon L. Huntington of UC Davis (Huntington and Akeson 1987). This was an 4th Order survey in the Middle and Marble Forks of the Kaweah River including the southerly side of Ash Peaks Ridge, Giant Forest and much of the headwaters of the Marble Fork (Figure 1). From this, both a General Soil Map and a Reconnaissance Soil Map were produced, as well as a 1st Order survey of sites used for acid rain precipitation studies conducted at that time at Emerald Lake, Log Meadow, and Elk Creek. A new cooperative effort between the parks, the NPS Geologic Resources Division (NPS-GRD), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is being developed to create a complete soils map for the parks. Field work on this project will begin in Fiscal Year 2012.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Despain, Joel
- Date of Issue
- 2013-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NRSS , SEKI
- Keywords
- NRCA, SEKI, soil mapping, Soils
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics