IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Porterfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980CA093016
  • User Pedon ID: 80CA093016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0459
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48235
  • 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: 41.8578987
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7422104
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 73 meters S and 73 meters E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Little Tableland west-slope
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DJL/TDC/JJJ/OWB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic, shallow Xeric Torriorthents
  • 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 #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Porterfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Porterfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic, shallow Xeric Torrio
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

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    1363

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate very fine and fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots top of horizon and 0.5 fine roots top of horizon; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02540. many very fine roots in mat at top of horizon; few fine roots in mat at top of horizon
    1A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02541. many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1C1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02542. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1C2—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, white (10YR 8/1) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very gravelly loam; massive; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02543. Coarse fragments consist of angular fragments of weathered parent material.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Cr—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior unknown texture; fragments. Lab sample # 80P02544. Lacustrine tuff.