IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WINDY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967-CA-32-002x
  • User Pedon ID: 67-CA-32-002x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967-CA-32-002x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6732002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42155
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.7116547
  • Std. Longitude: -120.9485092
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, NW/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA063—Plumas
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA713—Plumas National Forest Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39120-F8—La Porte, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BFS, JIM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, frigid Andic Xerumbrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WINDY
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, frigid Andic Xerumbrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Bedrock: tuff, unspecified
  • Geology: Tuff-breccia. Geologic Formati formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/14/2009 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABCO

    Abies concolor

    white fir

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    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

    23

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    135

    1727

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    7.2

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    O11—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00686
    O12—7 to 12 centimeters (2.8 to 4.7 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00687
    O2—12 to 15 centimeters (4.7 to 5.9 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00688
    A11—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots throughout; 21.0 irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00689
    A12—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00690
    B2—40 to 66 centimeters (15.7 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly loam; strong very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00691
    Cr/B2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # UCD00692