IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Demogul
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983CA105014
  • User Pedon ID: 83CA105014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0089
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53783
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 40.6513901
  • Std. Longitude: -122.9894409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 336 meters E and 519 meters S of NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA105—Trinity
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Howell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Demogul
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinkel V
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • 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—10

    33—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

    60

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    —

    763

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    45

    400

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00440. common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    BA—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00441. many medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00442. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots
    Bt2—69 to 105 centimeters (27.2 to 41.3 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; gravelly clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 medium and coarse tubular and 2.5 fine to coarse tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 29 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00443. Common black manganese stains.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt3—105 to 129 centimeters (41.3 to 50.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 medium and coarse tubular and 2.5 fine to coarse tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 34 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00444. Common black manganese stains.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt4—129 to 163 centimeters (50.8 to 64.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P00445. Common black manganese stains.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt5—163 to 205 centimeters (64.2 to 80.7 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P00446. Common black manganese stains.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots