IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CARIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983CA105001
  • User Pedon ID: 83CA105001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983CA105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0158
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53852
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.5847206
  • Std. Longitude: -122.9977798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1,500 feet west and 2,600 feet north of SE corner
  • Location Description: Trinity County, California. Highway 43, 100 feet west of Hayfork Summit sign turn south of dirt road, go 0.1 mile take left fork, go another 0.1 mile take left fork again, go 1.1 mile, pit uphill 35 degrees.
  • State: California
  • County: CA105—Trinity
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA606—Trinity County, California, Weaverville Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CARIS
  • PSC - 25 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beekman
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20H-1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    COCOC

    PSME

    PTAQP2

    QUBE5

    QUCH2

    SYMPH

    Corylus cornuta var. californica

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

    Quercus berberidifolia

    Quercus chrysolepis

    Symphoricarpos

    California hazelnut

    Douglas-fir

    hairy brackenfern

    scrub oak

    canyon live oak

    snowberry

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    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

    78

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    1242.1

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    0

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    1143

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    8.3

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); material; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 65 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # 84P00783; observed in pit, small
    BW—11 to 39 centimeters (4.3 to 15.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; extremely gravelly loam; 21 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 84P00784; observed in pit, small
    C1—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; extremely gravelly loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 84P00785; observed in pit, small
    C2—59 to 87 centimeters (23.2 to 34.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 84P00786; observed in pit, small
    R—87 to 100 centimeters (34.3 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; slightly hard, friable; fragments.; observed in pit, small