IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belzar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979CA093006
  • User Pedon ID: 79CA093006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0490
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47223
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.5798454
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8713760
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.C.G. and G.K.L.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belzar
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (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
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    525

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    64

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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 79P02616
    1A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02616. Pumice gravels. Surface bulk density = 0.95 8/78.; common very fine roots
    1A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02617. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2B1t—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 4 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02619. few fine to coarse roots; common very fine roots
    2B21t—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very cobbly loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02620. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2B22t—89 to 137 centimeters (35.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02621. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    2C1—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; very gravelly loam; 21 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine and fine roots