IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Josephine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966CA093004
  • User Pedon ID: S1966CA093004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966CA093004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2899
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37478
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.9702797
  • Std. Longitude: -122.6452789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet east and 1200 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Pit located above Trestle Rd near its junction with the road following the West Fork of Cottonwood Creek
  • 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: Coarse-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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1966
  • 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: 5/18/1966 (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

    QUAL

    QUVE

    Picea mariana

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    black spruce

    white oak

    black oak

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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

    16

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    927

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    0

    559

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    10.6

    21.7

    0.6

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    O1&O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22858. new and partially decomposed organic debris
    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22868
    A11—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22859
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22860
    A3—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22861
    B1T—28 to 66 centimeters (11.0 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 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, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22862
    B21T—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22863
    B22T—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22864
    B23T—130 to 176 centimeters (51.2 to 69.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22865. few fine but distinct purplish black stains.
    B3—176 to 234 centimeters (69.3 to 92.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 1 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22866. Few distinct purplish black stains.
    C—234 to 242 centimeters (92.1 to 95.3 inches); 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22867