IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bamtush
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983CA105010
  • User Pedon ID: 83CA105010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53779
  • 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: 40.6630554
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8094406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 473 meters E and 549 meters S of NW corner
  • Location Description: 23.2 km W of Weaverville on Rt 299.
  • State: California
  • County: CA105—Trinity
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Howell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Palexeralfs
  • 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 #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bamtush
  • PSC - 13 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bamtush
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Mollic Palexeralf
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    5—200

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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

    67

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    —

    37

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    45

    550

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 84P00418. Not sampled.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P00417. many very fine and fine roots
    BAt—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; very gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00418. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; very gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00419. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many medium roots; few very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00420. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt3—74 to 132 centimeters (29.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00421. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt4—132 to 180 centimeters (52.0 to 70.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00422. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    BCt—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly clay; 40 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00423. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay films surface features on lower surfaces of peds or stones
    B—203 to 215 centimeters (79.9 to 84.6 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Fractured peridotite.