IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
MCCARTHY
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1976-CA-47-123x
User Pedon ID:
76-CA-47-123x
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1976-CA-47-123x
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UCDAVIS
Lab Pedon # -
UCD7647123
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
42332
Print Date:
11/13/2024
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:
41.2159119
Std. Longitude:
-121.8386002
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
39N
Range:
1E
Section:
15
PLSS Details:
NW/4, SE/4
State:
California
County:
CA093—Siskiyou
MLRA:
22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA604—Intermountain Area, Parts of Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, and Siskiyou Counties, California
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
41121-B7—Dead Horse Summit, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
RGD, BFS
Current Taxonomic Class:
Medial-skeletal, mesic Andic Xerochrepts
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
MCCARTHY
Taxonomic Class -
Medial-skeletal, mesic Andic Xerochrepts
Classificaton Date -
3/2/2009
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
RES
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
well
Bedrock:
andesite
Geology:
Andesite formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/2/2009 (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
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
17
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1329
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315
1397
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10
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O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03940
O2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03941
A1—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong fine granular parts to strong very 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 and 21.0 roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03942
B1—26 to 54 centimeters (10.2 to 21.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual boundary. Lab sample # UCD03943
B2—54 to 72 centimeters (21.3 to 28.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03944
Cr—72 to 72 centimeters (28.3 to 28.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03945