IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAIX
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972-CA-45-172x
  • User Pedon ID: 72-CA-45-172x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972-CA-45-172x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7245172
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42254
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.6442070
  • Std. Longitude: -122.7258148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NW/4, SW/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA089—Shasta
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA607—Shasta County Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40122-F6—French Gulch, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JMC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAIX
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Biotite Quartz Diorite. Geolog formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/2009 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PILA

    Pinus lambertiana

    sugar pine

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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

    30

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    914

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    45

    1473

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    11.7

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, loose; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02850
    A12—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02851
    A13—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02852
    B2—28 to 109 centimeters (11.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02853
    C/Cr—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); loamy coarse sand; fragments. Lab sample # UCD02854