IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Russian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978CA045110
  • User Pedon ID: 78CA045110
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0525
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48296
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 39.1705551
  • Std. Longitude: -123.1875000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1000 feet W of Russian River 4000 feet N of Vichy Springs Rd. on Alex Thomas's Ranch House.
  • State: California
  • County: CA045—Mendocino
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SJB and TSB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 110
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Russian
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Russian
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Cumulic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    2

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    183

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    180

    97

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    15

    22

    8

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02961. common very fine roots; common medium roots
    1A/C—20 to 64 centimeters (7.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02962. Split three ways for sampling purposes: A12 No. 2962, C1 No. 2963, C2 No. 2964. Worm casts present; silt coatings present on ped faces and pores; charcoal present.; common fine roots; few very fine roots
    1C3—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02965. Silt coatings present on ped faces and pores.; few very fine roots; few medium roots
    1C4/C5—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P02966. Horizon split 38-48, 48-60 for lab sampling.; few very fine roots; common fine and medium roots