IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHASTA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974-CA-47-104x
  • User Pedon ID: 74-CA-47-104x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974-CA-47-104x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7447104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42299
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.2567177
  • Std. Longitude: -122.0258179
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, NE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA707—Shasta-Trinity National Forest Area, Parts of Humboldt, Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama, and Trinity Counties, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41122-C1—Elk Spring, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DLH, JJN, JJ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, mesic Umbric Vitrandepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SHASTA
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy, mesic Umbric Vitrandepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ALL
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Glacial Outwash Of Extrusive I 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 - 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

    PIPO

    Pinus ponderosa

    ponderosa 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

    1

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    1036

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    225

    1397

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    10

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    O1/O2—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00194
    A11—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; loose, loose, 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; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00195
    A12—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00196
    A13—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD00197
    C1—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; structureless 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; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00198
    C2—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00199
    C3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00200
    C4—137 to 162 centimeters (53.9 to 63.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sand; single grain; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD00201
    C5—162 to 188 centimeters (63.8 to 74.0 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # UCD00202