IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Andic Durixerepts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07CA089003
  • User Pedon ID: 789229
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 07CA089003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19527
  • Print Date: 12/10/2025
  • 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: 40.4898333
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4285278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30 N
  • Range: 5 E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: approximately 2000 feet west and 2500 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About .25 miles southwest of Summit Lake
  • Map Unit: 143—Andic Durixerepts gravelly ashy loamy coarse sand, 3 to 20 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA089—Shasta
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA789—Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40121-D4—Reading Peak, California
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AEC, JKA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, amorphic, frigid Andic Durixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Andic Durixerepts
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Andic Durixerepts, high outwash terrace
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: tephra derived from volcanic rock over outwash derived from volcanic rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: high outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Qty member.
  • Surface Fragments: 8.00 percent nonflat subangular 2- to 75-millimeter volcanic, unspecified, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter volcanic, unspecified, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular 600 volcanic, unspecified, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular 75- to 250-millimeter volcanic, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F022BI115CA Frigid And Cryic Gravelly Slopes
  • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ABMA

    ARNE

    PIMO3

    Abies magnifica

    Arctostaphylos nevadensis

    Pinus monticola

    California red fir

    pinemat manzanita

    western white pine

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    duripan

    60 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    —-

    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/7/2007

    50

    7

    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

    7

    2075.7

    80

    1600

    4.9

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; mottles; ; ; ; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; ; ; ; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 5-12-20 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw1—8 to 31 centimeters (3.1 to 12.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely cobbly sandy loam; 9 percent clay; mottles; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 8.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine tubular and 8.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; ; ; ; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular 5-40-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-163-250 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—31 to 49 centimeters (12.2 to 19.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 6 percent clay; mottles; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.8 very coarse roots throughout and 0.8 medium and coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine tubular and 8.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; ; ; ; 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-163-250 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 32 percent by volume nonflat subangular 5-40-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bq—49 to 60 centimeters (19.3 to 23.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; mottles; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine to coarse roots throughout and 0.8 very coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; ; ; 15 percent threadlike silica masses around rock fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-163-250 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular 5-40-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bqm—60 centimeters (23.6 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; cemented extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 2 percent clay; mottles; moderate medium platy, and moderate thick platy structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 8.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; ; ; 15 percent threadlike silica masses on horizontal faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-163-250 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular 5-40-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog.; dry when described; observed in pit, small