IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windynip sim
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04CA601347
  • User Pedon ID: 04CA601347
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04CA601347
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18227
  • 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: 40.2555556
  • Std. Longitude: -124.2469444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 36
  • Map Unit: 646—Wirefence-Windynip-Devilshole complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA601—Humboldt County, South Part, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40124-C2—Buckeye Mountain, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jennifer T. Berman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Humic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 347
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windynip sim
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windynip
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from mudstone and/or residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Co3 Broken Sandstone And Argillite member of the Coastal Terrane formation in the Franciscan Complex group.
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2- to 75-millimeter sandstone, unspecified, 1.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 250- to 500-millimeter sandstone, unspecified, 1.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75- to 250-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6247-128
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: rangeland
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 25
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FA

    2FP

    2GA

    2GP

    PSME

    PTAQD

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    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Pteridium aquilinum var. decompositum

    Forb, annual

    Forb, perennial

    Grass, annual

    Grass, perennial

    Douglas-fir

    decomposition brackenfern

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—45

    45—160

    —45—

    —115—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/3/2004

    50

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    25
    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

    18

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    494

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    124

    2160

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    260

    14

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    16

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 29 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—20 to 45 centimeters (7.9 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 250-300-500 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 39 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—45 to 80 centimeters (17.7 to 31.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; gravelly clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 58 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—80 to 120 centimeters (31.5 to 47.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; gravelly clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter mudstone fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—120 to 160 centimeters (47.2 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; gravelly clay loam; 33 percent clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse prominent irregular and 10 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium faint irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter mudstone fragments and 54 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small