IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Garberville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04CA601343
  • User Pedon ID: 04CA601343
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04CA601343
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0650
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18184
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.2761111
  • Std. Longitude: -124.2463889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2s
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: About 8 miles northwest of the town of Honeydew. Mattole Rd between Honeydew and Petrolia
  • Map Unit: 151—Parkland-Garberville complex, 2 to 9 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 4—California Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA601—Humboldt County, South Part, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40124-C2—Buckeye Mountain, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JWH, JTB, JRS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, thermic Fluventic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: miscellaneous area
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 343
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Garberville (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Garberville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed and/or colluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2- to 75-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6247-128
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: pasture
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 20
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2GA

    2GP

    AVENA

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    Avena

    Grass, annual

    Grass, perennial

    oat

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—47

    47—127

    —47—

    —80—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    5/4/2005

    50

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    22
    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

    —

    —

    49

    —

    52

    2030

    —

    260

    14

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    16

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    Ap—0 to 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, moist; gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—31 to 47 centimeters (12.2 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—70 to 99 centimeters (27.6 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—127 to 149 centimeters (50.0 to 58.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—149 to 200 centimeters (58.7 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) crushed, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red.; moist when described; observed in pit, small