IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coppercreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982CA023001
  • User Pedon ID: 82CA023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0452
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56168
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 41.2123299
  • Std. Longitude: -123.9694748
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: Bankcut on skidroad between W-line and C-30 Rds 600 feet N of W-line/C-30 junction
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Popenoe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, isomesic Typic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coppercreek
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coppercreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, isomesic Typic Humitropept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1982 (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

    40

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    1600

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    270

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Fresh and decomposing tanoak leaves and redwood needles. Sidecast subsoil and cobbles present overlying and mixed with O horizon above part of profile.
    A1—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 10% gravel.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    AB—21 to 26 centimeters (8.3 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 10% gravel. Horizon has an old root channel or krotovina 15 cm across.; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Bw—26 to 86 centimeters (10.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dry; cobbly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P02205. 15% gravel. 22% clay according to O.S.U. lab.; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    2C1—86 to 128 centimeters (33.9 to 50.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately 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 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. 5% gravel.; few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    2C2—128 to 157 centimeters (50.4 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, dry; gravelly clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine to coarse tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 20% gravel. Peds have well developed pressure faces.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Cr—157 to 199 centimeters (61.8 to 78.3 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Highly weathered siltstone, easily dug with knife or spade.