IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PONTO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973-CA-47-102x
  • User Pedon ID: 73-CA-47-102x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973-CA-47-102x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7347102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42288
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.2713737
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2852402
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, NW/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA602—Siskiyou County, California, Central Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41122-C3—City of Mount Shasta, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DLH, JIM, WRA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, mesic Andic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PONTO
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, mesic Andic Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2009
  • 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: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: tuff, unspecified
  • Geology: Tuff Breccia formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • 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

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California black oak

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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

    4

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    945

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    225

    1143

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    10

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    O1/O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01563
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 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; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01564
    A3—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 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; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01565
    B21—23 to 74 centimeters (9.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01566
    B22—74 to 171 centimeters (29.1 to 67.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01567
    Cr—171 to 272 centimeters (67.3 to 107.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # UCD01568