IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): STAGPOINT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 712-K
  • User Pedon ID: 97CA612018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 712-K
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0287
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10558
  • 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: 39.7229167
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0655000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22 N
  • Range: 8 E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: approximately 300 feet west and 2550 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles East of Camel Peak lookout
  • Map Unit: 940—Dejonah-Stagpoint , 2 to 15 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-F1—American House, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DWB, RV
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Andic Haplohumults
  • 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 - STAGPOINT
  • PSC - 9 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stagpoint
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: metamorphic, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-176
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ABCO

    ABMA

    ABMAS

    ARNE

    ARPA6

    ARPA6

    CADE27

    CASTA2

    CECO

    CHUM

    LIDE3

    PILA

    PIPO

    PREM

    PTAQ

    PTERO3

    PYPI2

    PYPI2

    QUTU2

    RIBES

    RIRO

    Abies concolor

    Abies magnifica

    Abies magnifica var. shastensis

    Arctostaphylos nevadensis

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Castanopsis

    Ceanothus cordulatus

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Prunus emarginata

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Pterospora

    Pyrola picta

    Pyrola picta

    Quercus turbinella

    Ribes

    Ribes roezlii

    white fir

    California red fir

    Shasta red fir

    pinemat manzanita

    greenleaf manzanita

    greenleaf manzanita

    incense cedar

    chinkapin

    whitethorn ceanothus

    pipsissewa

    tanoak

    sugar pine

    ponderosa pine

    bitter cherry

    western brackenfern

    pinedrops

    whiteveined wintergreen

    whiteveined wintergreen

    Sonoran scrub oak

    currant

    Sierra gooseberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    1—9

    1—24

    9—161

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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

    12

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    1623

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    278

    1956

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    9.4

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—1 to 10 centimeters (0.4 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1747
    Bt1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1748. continuous - phpvsfiid 107499; continuous - phpvsfiid 107499
    Bt2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1749. continuous - phpvsfiid 108427; continuous - phpvsfiid 108427
    2Bt3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; very gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine to coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1750. continuous - phpvsfiid 108428; continuous - phpvsfiid 108428
    2Bt4—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; extremely cobbly loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine to coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P1751. continuous - phpvsfiid 108429; continuous - phpvsfiid 108429
    2BCt1—86 to 144 centimeters (33.9 to 56.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), light red (2.5YR 7/6), dry; extremely cobbly loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine to coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P1752. continuous - phpvsfiid 108190; continuous - phpvsfiid 108190
    2BCt2—144 to 163 centimeters (56.7 to 64.2 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4), dry; extremely stony loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P17453. continuous - phpvsfiid 107560; continuous - phpvsfiid 107560
    2C—163 to 218 centimeters (64.2 to 85.8 inches); light red (2.5YR 7/6), pink (2.5YR 8/3), dry; very stony loam; 9 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P1754