IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aubell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 08CA605070
  • User Pedon ID: 08CA605070
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 08CA605070
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0579
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20267
  • Print Date: 9/20/2024

    • 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: 41.7339444
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1534167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 34
  • Location Description: CA Fish & Game Land; Enderts Beach Road
  • Map Unit: 193—Aubell, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA015—Del Norte
  • MLRA: 4—California Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA605—Humboldt and Del Norte Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41124-F2—Sister Rocks, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Seney & Alaina Frazier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8070
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aubell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aubell
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed sources
  • Landscape: alluvial plain remnant
  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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

    ALRU2

    ANOD

    BAPI

    HOLA

    PISI

    POPR

    RUUR

    Alnus rubra

    Anthoxanthum odoratum

    Baccharis pilularis

    Holcus lanatus

    Picea sitchensis

    Poa pratensis

    Rubus ursinus

    red alder

    sweet vernalgrass

    coyotebrush

    common velvetgrass

    Sitka spruce

    Kentucky bluegrass

    California blackberry

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

    umbric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—39

    24—170

    39—170

    —39—

    —146—

    —131—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/16/2008

    50

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    14
    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

    1

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    4

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    248

    1905

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    300

    10

    14

    9

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    Ap1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator strip; clear irregular boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—4 to 24 centimeters (1.6 to 9.4 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine irregular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator strip; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—24 to 39 centimeters (9.4 to 15.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, dry; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine irregular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator strip; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—39 to 51 centimeters (15.4 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator strip; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator strip; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments and 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator strip; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg—97 to 170 centimeters (38.2 to 66.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; 41 percent clay; massive; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 0.2 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments and 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments and 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator strip.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket