IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): USAL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962-CA-23-002x
  • User Pedon ID: 62-CA-23-002x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6223002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42009
  • 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: 39.8320122
  • Std. Longitude: -123.8479385
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 22
  • State: California
  • County: CA045—Mendocino
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA694—Mendocino County, Western Part, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39123-G7—Hales Grove, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WLC, PJZ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Humitropepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - USAL
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Humitropepts
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified
  • Geology: Graywacke Sandstone. Geologic 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, 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

    30

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    91

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    45

    1270

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # UCD03288
    O2—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03289
    A11—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03290
    A12—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03291
    A3—36 to 59 centimeters (14.2 to 23.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03292
    B21—59 to 74 centimeters (23.2 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 0.1 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03293
    B22—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly clay loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots throughout; 0.1 fine irregular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03294
    C1—112 to 112 centimeters (44.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 1 percent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # UCD03295