IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wirefence
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05CA601500
  • User Pedon ID: 05CA601500
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 05CA601500
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0572
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20260
  • 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: 40.1400000
  • Std. Longitude: -124.0258333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: French Ranch
  • 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-B1—Honeydew, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jamie R. Schnably
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, thermic Pachic Humixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 500
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wirefence (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2013
  • Classifier - Jonathan Hooper
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wirefence
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Co1 Melange member of the Coastal Terrane formation in the Franciscan Complex group.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2- to 75-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6247-167
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2GA

    AVFA

    CYNOS2

    PTAQD

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    Avena fatua

    Cynosurus

    Pteridium aquilinum var. decompositum

    Grass, annual

    wild oat

    dogstail grass

    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—84

    84—160

    —84—

    —76—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/18/2005

    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

    30

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    384

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    255

    2160

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    260

    14

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    16

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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed, moist; loam; 19 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—28 to 54 centimeters (11.0 to 21.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—54 to 84 centimeters (21.3 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; gravelly loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 16 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—84 to 116 centimeters (33.1 to 45.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; gravelly loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 100 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 100 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—116 to 160 centimeters (45.7 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. over 50% rock fabric
    C—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. rock fabric, fractured bedrock, cracks less than 10 cm apart