IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DIAMOND SPRINGS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961-CA-45-126x
  • User Pedon ID: 61-CA-45-126x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6145126
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41986
  • 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: 40.6481514
  • Std. Longitude: -122.4606094
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW/4
  • 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-F4—Shasta Dam, California

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Quartz Diorite 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    25

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    244

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    135

    1270

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    16.7

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03386
    A3—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); 10YR 7/ (10YR 7/),, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03387
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; coarse sandy loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium faint and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03388
    B2t—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03389
    B3t—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellow (10YR 8/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium faint and 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03390
    Cr—76 to 76 centimeters (29.9 to 29.9 inches);, yellow (10YR 7/8), moist; coarse sandy loam; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # UCD03391