IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltmount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03CA6850402
  • User Pedon ID: 03CA685402
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 03CA6850402
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0239
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16269
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.2788947
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0163158
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39 N.
  • Range: 17 E.
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: about 1,060 feet south and 850 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: on the northeast side of Lower Lake near the California-Nevada state line in Surprise Valley.
  • Map Unit: 547—Saltmount silty clay loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA049—Modoc
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA685—Surprise Valley-Home Camp Area, California and Nevada
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41120-C1—Eagleville, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve E. Slusser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplosalids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 402
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltmount
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltmount
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplosalids
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over lacustrine deposits derived from volcanic rocks
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: terrace, parna dune
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R024XY011NV SODIC FLAT 6-8 P.Z.
  • Ecological State: R024XY011NV

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Sodic Flat 6-8 P.Z.
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bz1

    Bz2

    C1

    C2

    0

    8

    25

    43

    97

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    43

    97

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

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    0

    8

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    43

    97

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    97

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SAVE4

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    greasewood

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

    ochric epipedon

    salic horizon

    0—8

    8—152

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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

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bz1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30.0 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, salt masses at top of horizon and 30 percent salt crystals throughout; fragments; 2000 SAR; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01036; observed in pit, small
    Bz2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent salt crystals throughout; fragments; 2000 SAR; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01037; observed in pit, small
    C1—43 to 97 centimeters (16.9 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; 2000 SAR; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; 1500 SAR; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3.; observed in pit, small