IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blickenstaff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA035006
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA035006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0489
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58294
  • 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: 40.2970963
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4649277
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA035—Lassen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RID
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcidic Haploxerolls
  • 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 #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blickenstaff
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blickenstaff
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Calciorthidic Haploxero
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1986 (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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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; 16 percent sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P02913. few very fine and fine roots
    1A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; 16 percent sand; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P02914. few very fine roots
    1Bw—38 to 86 centimeters (15.0 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 16 percent sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P02915. few very fine roots
    1Ck1—86 to 135 centimeters (33.9 to 53.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 13 percent sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P02916
    1Ck2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 13 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P02917