IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Josephine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966CA093001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966CA093001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966CA093001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2896
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37475
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.9911118
  • Std. Longitude: -122.6736145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: A pit located below Trestle Road, and west of Hilt, California. From Hilt travel the road along the W Fork of Cottonwood Creek. Turn right (N.) on to Trestle Rd. Site is located 1250 feet north and 750 feet west of the Southeast corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA602—Siskiyou County, California, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. J. Newlun
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mountain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    PIMA

    Picea mariana

    black spruce

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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

    26

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    1073

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    90

    2286

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    10

    21.1

    0

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    O1&O2—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22832. New partially decomposed organic debris from coniferous trees.
    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22841
    A11—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22833
    A12—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 tubular and 3.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22834
    A3—14 to 32 centimeters (5.5 to 12.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22835
    B1T—32 to 57 centimeters (12.6 to 22.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22836
    B21T—57 to 88 centimeters (22.4 to 34.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22837
    B22T—88 to 111 centimeters (34.6 to 43.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22838
    B3T—111 to 131 centimeters (43.7 to 51.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22839
    C—131 to 177 centimeters (51.6 to 69.7 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct black stains on rock fragments; dark concretions and 21 percent coarse black (10YR 2/1) nonmagnetic shot; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A22840. 5 to 10% coarse fragments (not included in sample). Many coarse distinct purplish black stains in seams and on rock fragment faces. Purplish black concretions up to 1/2 inch in diameter and also reddish' (5YR 5/6) concretions. The concretions are irregular in shape and often occur in pockets or groups.