IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rangee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980CA093017
  • User Pedon ID: 80CA093017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0460
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48236
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: -121.7360992
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 924 meters N and 1078 meters W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Little Tableland
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DJL/SF/JJJ/OWB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Abruptic Aridic Durixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rangee
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Perla
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Durixero
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • 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

    1

    1370

    270

    1A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; strong fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02545. many very fine and fine roots
    1A2—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films on sand and gravel; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02546. few clay films surface features on sand and gravel; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02547. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bt2—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02548. The tops of the prisms are very slightly rounded or bisut shaped. Some surfaces have opal liminar coatings silica cemented rock fragments continous cementation.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bt3—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02549. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bqm—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior and pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior unknown texture; massive; extremely hard, strongly cemented by silica; 15 percent , dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02550. The tops of the prisms are very slightly rounded or bisut shaped. Some surfaces have opal liminar coatings silica cemented rock fragments continuous cementation. cs and ci cemented.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1R—76 centimeters (29.9 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Not sampled. Hard Basalt fractures greater than 35 cm.