IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Highrock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA035005
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA035005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0752
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54995
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.2261124
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0361099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet S and 20 feet E NW corner
  • Location Description: about 0.2 mi N of Honey Lake Cemetery.
  • State: California
  • County: CA035—Lassen

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Highrock
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Highrock
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (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
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    1A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04179. few very fine roots
    1E—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04180. common very fine roots
    1Btn—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04181. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1Btnk—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04182. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bkn—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04183. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bkny—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04184. common very fine roots
    2Btkny1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04185. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    2Btkny2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, dry; loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04186. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    2BCtn—127 to 149 centimeters (50.0 to 58.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, pale olive (5Y 6/4) interior, dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 84P04187. few clay films surface features on faces of peds