IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): EMPIRE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964-CA-08-023x
  • User Pedon ID: 64-CA-08-023x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6408023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42046
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 41.8101120
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1252594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, NE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA015—Del Norte
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA796—Redwood National and State Parks, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41124-G2—Crescent City, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS, JAD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Tropohumults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - EMPIRE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Tropohumults
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Soft Conglomerate. Geologic Fo 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 - 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

    42

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    114

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    0

    2032

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    11.7

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03128
    A1—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; strong coarse granular parts to strong medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03129
    A3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 medium irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03130
    B21t—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD03131
    B22t—66 to 96 centimeters (26.0 to 37.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03132
    B3t—96 to 127 centimeters (37.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; clay loam; massive; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD03133
    C—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); gravelly sandy clay loam; soft, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # UCD03134