IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARCATA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963-CA-12-007
  • User Pedon ID: 63-CA-12-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6312007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42021
  • 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: 40.9616623
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1078796
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NW/4, SE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA605—Humboldt and Del Norte Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40124-H1—Arcata North, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Humitropepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ARCATA
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Humitropepts
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ALL
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Softly Consolidated Alluvium. 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 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

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    A11—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD00735
    A12—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD00736
    AC—58 to 119 centimeters (22.8 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00737
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loamy fine sand; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # UCD00738