IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHAKERIDGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 708-K
  • User Pedon ID: 96CA612003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 708-K
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68782
  • 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: 39.6749167
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1493056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 N
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: approximately 1250 feet north and 1200 feet east of the southwest corner of section
  • Location Description: about 2.3 miles SE of Cascade
  • Map Unit: 932—Shakeridge-Mudwash , 30 to 50 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA063—Plumas
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-F2—Cascade, California
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DWB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, ferrihydritic, mesic Humic Haploxerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHAKERIDGE
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shakeridge
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: lava plateau
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: volcanic breccia, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/17/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 205-124
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID - WOOD5
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABCO

    ACMA3

    CADE27

    COCOC

    CORNU

    PILA

    PYPI2

    RIBES

    RIRO

    Abies concolor

    Acer macrophyllum

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Corylus cornuta var. californica

    Cornus

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pyrola picta

    Ribes

    Ribes roezlii

    white fir

    bigleaf maple

    incense cedar

    California hazelnut

    dogwood

    sugar pine

    whiteveined wintergreen

    currant

    Sierra gooseberry

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    0—43

    0—102

    43—216

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    48

    1396

    330

    1956

    10.6

    CA8606

    Strawberry Valley

    TAPS

    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), black (10YR 2/1), moist; gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1968; moist when described;
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; extremely gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 interstitial pores; 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1969; moist when described;
    Bw1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 2.0 interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1970; moist when described;
    Bw2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 70 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1971; moist when described;
    Bw3—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 70 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1972; moist when described;
    Bw4—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1973; moist when described;
    Bw5—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1974; moist when described;
    Bw6—180 to 221 centimeters (70.9 to 87.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 60 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P1975; moist when described;