IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tullycreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02CA023605073
  • User Pedon ID: 02CA023605073
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 02CA023605073
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0638
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18611
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.1834722
  • Std. Longitude: -123.8149722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 11
  • Location Description: Hoopa Tribal Lands
  • Map Unit: 240—Tullycreek, 9 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA605—Humboldt and Del Norte Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41123-B7—French Camp Ridge, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Lindsay
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, parasesquic, mesic Xeric Palehumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 273
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tullycreek
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tullycreek
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: older alluvium derived from mixed sources
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: summit of mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Tertiary Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6250-82
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    LIDE3

    PSME

    XEROP

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Xerophyllum

    tanoak

    Douglas-fir

    beargrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—137

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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

    7

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    500

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    68

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    A1—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, dry; paragravelly silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat well rounded weakly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03701; moist when described; observed in cut
    A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, dry; paragravelly silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat well rounded weakly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03701; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt1—25 to 44 centimeters (9.8 to 17.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, dry; paragravelly clay; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5.0 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat well rounded weakly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03702; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt2—44 to 67 centimeters (17.3 to 26.4 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face, red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face, dry; paragravelly clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat well rounded weakly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03703; moist when described; observed in cut. patchy - phpvsfiid 236409; patchy - phpvsfiid 236409
    Bt3—67 to 101 centimeters (26.4 to 39.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face, dry; silty clay; 47 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded weakly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03704; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt4—101 to 137 centimeters (39.8 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, dry; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat well rounded weakly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03705; moist when described; observed in cut
    C—137 to 180 centimeters (53.9 to 70.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) broken face, dry; clay; 41 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded weakly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 05N03706; moist when described; observed in cut