IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheetiron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA105005
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA105005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55761
  • 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: 40.5423508
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8261032
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet W 1100 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA105—Trinity

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheetiron
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheetiron
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, micaceous, mesic Dystric Xerochrep
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (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
    • 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

    54

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    1312

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    180

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Needles, twigs, cones, and branches.
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 21 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00234. Mostly flat pieces.; common very fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine to coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00235. Mostly flat pieces.; common fine to coarse roots; many very fine roots
    Bw2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00236. common medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    C—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00237. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    R—66 to 71 centimeters (26.0 to 28.0 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Broken mica schist, pieces 1-6 inches, lie oriented to each other on fracture planes, soil and roots fill some fractures.