IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Friendlycity

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 13CA600397

User Pedon ID: 13CA600397

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 15N0557

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79668

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: 40.5890530

Std. Longitude: -124.1407712

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Community Garden next to Cathlic center.

Map Unit: 1009—Hydraquents-Wassents mucky silt loam, strongly saline, 0-3 percent slopes, very frequently flooded

Country: US—United States

State: California

County: CA023—Humboldt

MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt

Regional Office: SW—Southwest

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA600—Humboldt County, Central Part, California

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40124-E2—Fortuna, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Jonathan Hooper

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Humudepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 397

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: river valley

Landform: alluvial fan

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 12/9/2013 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: jwh

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

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
—	—	—	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
umbric epipedon cambic horizon aquic conditions	0—60 60—140 60—170	50—60—80 50—80—150 100—110—150

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	—		1270	—	300	13	16	10	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

AB—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. This horizon has both A (dark) and B (light) material.

Bw1—60 to 90 centimeters (23.6 to 35.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

Bw2—90 to 140 centimeters (35.4 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, clay depletions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

C—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed, yellow (10YR 7/6) crushed, dry; loam; 17 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, clay depletions in matrix and 30 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket