IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bagaul
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04CA023605015
  • User Pedon ID: 04CA023605015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04CA023605015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0321
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17437
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 40.8031389
  • Std. Longitude: -123.7929722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: Lake Prairie, Maple Creek Quad
  • Map Unit: 474—Burroin-Bagaul complex, 2 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: 40123-G7—Maple Creek, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Lindsay
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Palehumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bagaul
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bagaul
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from schist and/or residuum weathered from schist
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: summit of mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: schist, unspecified
  • Geology: Redwood Creek Schist formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/12/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6250-95
  • 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

    ARCTO3

    ARME

    GASH

    LIDE3

    MANE2

    PSME

    SYMPH

    XETE

    Arctostaphylos

    Arbutus menziesii

    Gaultheria shallon

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Mahonia nervosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Symphoricarpos

    Xerophyllum tenax

    manzanita

    Pacific madrone

    salal

    tanoak

    Cascade barberry

    Douglas-fir

    snowberry

    common beargrass

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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—37

    37—160

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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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    1036

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, dry; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    A1—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    A2—5 to 37 centimeters (2.0 to 14.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 20.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 20.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt1—37 to 82 centimeters (14.6 to 32.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt2—82 to 109 centimeters (32.3 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 5.0 medium tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt3—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 5.0 medium tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt4—150 to 160 centimeters (59.1 to 63.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; extremely channery loam; 22 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 65 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in cut