IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): JIGGS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961-CA-55-132
  • User Pedon ID: 61-CA-55-132
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6155132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41995
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.6199570
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6679688
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: SN/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA089—Shasta
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA607—Shasta County Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40121-E6—Viola, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EBA, ENG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, frigid Typic Vitrandepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - JIGGS
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, frigid Typic Vitrandepts
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: dacite
  • Geology: Dacite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/28/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • 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

    45

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    1798

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    270

    1397

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # UCD01423
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01424
    A3—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01425
    B2—35 to 63 centimeters (13.8 to 24.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 3 percent 2.5Y (2.5Y medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01426
    R/B2—63 to 74 centimeters (24.8 to 29.1 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD01427
    R—74 to 74 centimeters (29.1 to 29.1 inches); hard; fragments. Lab sample # UCD01428