IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mcdermott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA035001
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0748
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54991
  • 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: 40.2188873
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2750015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet N and 2600 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: N of dirt rd. at a pt. .85 mi E of last fork on Island
  • State: California
  • County: CA035—Lassen

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Natrargids
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mcdermott
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mcdermott
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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
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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; loam; 15 percent silt; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04147. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 20 percent silt; strong medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04148. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1A3—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) interior, dry; loam; 25 percent silt; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04149. few to common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1BAtk1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04150. few 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
    1BAtk2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04151. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores
    2Btk1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04152. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few to common fine and medium roots; few medium roots
    2Btk2—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04153. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few to common fine and medium roots; few medium roots
    2BC—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P04154