IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MODESTY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961-CA-45-108x
  • User Pedon ID: 61-CA-45-108x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961-CA-45-108x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6145108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41979
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.6307983
  • Std. Longitude: -122.5016174
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA089—Shasta
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA607—Shasta County Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40122-F5—Whiskeytown, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS, EBA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MODESTY
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: tonalite
  • Geology: Trondhjemite. Geologic Formati formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/30/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    PIPO

    Pinus ponderosa

    ponderosa pine

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    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

    46

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    351

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    135

    1397

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    14.4

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    O1/O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2. Lab sample # UCD00739
    A1—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate very fine granular parts to single grain; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00740
    B1t—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00741
    B2t—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00742
    C—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD00743