IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AIKEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964-CA-45-148x
  • User Pedon ID: 64-CA-45-148x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6445148
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42055
  • 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: 40.6291046
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8117599
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SE/4, NW/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-F7—Miller Mountain, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JIM, et al
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, oxidic, mesic Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AIKEN
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, oxidic, mesic Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Geology: Basalt 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

    25

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    1122

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    180

    1270

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    12.8

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    O2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD02699
    A1—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly silt loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD02700
    A3—36 to 74 centimeters (14.2 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly silt loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02701
    B1t—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine irregular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02702
    B21t—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches);, dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; massive; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine irregular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02703
    B22t—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches);, dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; massive; very firm, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02704
    B23t—183 to 310 centimeters (72.0 to 122.0 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), moist; clay; massive; very firm, very plastic; 0.1 roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # UCD02705