IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Josephine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966CA093003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966CA093003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966CA093003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2898
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37477
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.9824982
  • Std. Longitude: -122.6619415
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet east and 1125 feet south of NW corner
  • Location Description: A pit located below Trestle Road west of Hilt, California. From Hilt travel west along road adjacent to the West Fork Cottonwood Creek and turn right (north) on Trestle Road.
  • 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, subactive, 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • PSC - 43 to 66 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
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    QUVE

    VICIA

    Picea mariana

    Quercus velutina

    Vicia

    black spruce

    black oak

    vetch

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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

    23

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    1006

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    135

    762

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    10

    21.1

    0

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    O1&O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22851
    A11—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine to medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22852
    A3—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine to medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22853
    B1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22854
    B2T—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22855
    C1—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) sandy clay loam; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22856
    C2—102 to 125 centimeters (40.2 to 49.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) sandy clay loam; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22857