IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
FERNDALE
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1964-CA-08-006
User Pedon ID:
64-CA-08-006
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UCDAVIS
Lab Pedon # -
UCD6408006
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
42039
Print Date:
1/30/2025
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:
41.8974876
Std. Longitude:
-124.1706467
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
17N
Range:
1N
Section:
3
PLSS Details:
Center NW/4
State:
California
County:
CA015—Del Norte
MLRA:
4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA605—Humboldt and Del Norte Area, California
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
41124-H2—Smith River, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
JM
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Tropofluvents
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
FERNDALE
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Tropofluvents
Classificaton Date -
1/26/2009
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
ALL
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Geology:
Franciscan Graywacke Alluvium formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
1/26/2009 (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
1
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9
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1905
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11.7
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00709
A12—15 to 56 centimeters (5.9 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00710
C1—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00711
C2—102 to 168 centimeters (40.2 to 66.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; 21 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine faint mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # UCD00712