IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Raingage
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982CA605REDW044
  • User Pedon ID: S10CA023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0674
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43142
  • Print Date: 9/20/2024

    • 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: 41.2263512
  • Std. Longitude: -123.9740055
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: southeast quarter, northwest quarter
  • Location Description: Located in Redwood National Park, Humboldt County, California; 1690 ft se of w-line/bald hills intersection; 2475 ft west of Doug lane's driveway and bald hills road. Drive 0.65 miles past w-line gate, then go 45 feet nw of road.
  • Map Unit: 484—Elkcamp-Dolason-Airstrip complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 4—California Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA605—Humboldt and Del Norte Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41123-B8—Bald Hills, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Popenoe & Jack Lewis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aquic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Raingage
  • PSC - 42 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Raingage
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aquic Pale
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: earthflow deposits derived from mudstone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: earthflow on mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: mudstone
  • Geology: Franciscan Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8-50
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: Prairie
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—42

    42—75

    58—216

    —42—

    —33—

    —158—
    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

    20

    —

    —

    610

    —

    210

    2050

    —

    265

    13

    16

    9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03083; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—12 to 42 centimeters (4.7 to 16.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03084; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—42 to 58 centimeters (16.5 to 22.8 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; cobbly clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent prominent silt coats on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03085; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg—58 to 75 centimeters (22.8 to 29.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) broken face, moist; clay; 42 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent prominent silt coats on surfaces along pores; 2 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and yellow (10YR 7/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (N 5/), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03086; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—75 to 116 centimeters (29.5 to 45.7 inches); gray (N 5/), broken face, gray (5Y 5/1) broken face, moist; clay; 40 percent clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 85 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, reduced matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mudstone fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03087; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—116 to 170 centimeters (45.7 to 66.9 inches); gray (N 5/), broken face, gray (5Y 5/1) broken face, moist; cobbly clay; 40 percent clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 85 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, reduced matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 10N03088; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—170 to 190 centimeters (66.9 to 74.8 inches); gray (N 5/), broken face, dark gray (5Y 4/1) broken face, moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 98 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, reduced matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg4—190 to 216 centimeters (74.8 to 85.0 inches); gray (N 5/), broken face, dark gray (5Y 4/1) broken face, moist; clay loam; 36 percent clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 98 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, reduced matrix; 29 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket