IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ferncat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 98CA600049
  • User Pedon ID: 98CA600049
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 98CA600049
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0355
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15019
  • 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: 40.5325000
  • Std. Longitude: -124.2680278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: northwest quarter

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William Reed & Sam Liu
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, isomesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 49
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ferncat
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ferncat
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, isomesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 47 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1998
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from mudstone and/or sandstone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Rio Dell Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6247-155
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    POMU

    PSME

    THPL

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Thuja plicata

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    western redcedar

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    6—47

    47—140

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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

    60

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    372

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    345

    1140

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    10

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    Oe—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—6 to 20 centimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; clay loam; 21 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—20 to 47 centimeters (7.9 to 18.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; clay loam; 23 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ABt—47 to 65 centimeters (18.5 to 25.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; loam; 36 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—65 to 115 centimeters (25.6 to 45.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; clay loam; 21 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 4 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—115 to 140 centimeters (45.3 to 55.1 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; silt loam; 24 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 fine tubular pores; 4 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—140 to 179 centimeters (55.1 to 70.5 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—179 to 195 centimeters (70.5 to 76.8 inches); 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 30 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small