IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FIDDLETOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997CA089001
  • User Pedon ID: 97CA089001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997CA089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10594
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.0136108
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1374969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: California
  • County: CA089—Shasta
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FIDDLETOWN
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Pachic Xerumbrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACCI

    CHME

    LIDEE

    POMU

    PSME

    Acer circinatum

    Chimaphila menziesii

    Lithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    vine maple

    little prince's pine

    tanoak

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

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    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

    67

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    25

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Partially decomposed needles and twigs - with 35-40% gravels.
    A1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01944
    A2—23 to 35 centimeters (9.1 to 13.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01945
    A3—35 to 71 centimeters (13.8 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 98P01946
    C—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01947
    Cr—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Weathered sedimentary can pry fragments off with knife and break with difficulty in hands.