IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Josephine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966CA093005
  • User Pedon ID: S1966CA093005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966CA093005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2900
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37479
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.9833336
  • Std. Longitude: -122.4777756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: From Hilt, travel the road along the west fork of Cottonwood Creek to Trestle Road, then turn right into it. Site is 2000 feet east and 1700 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Below Trestle Road, west of Hilt, California.
  • 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Josephine
  • PSC - 46 to 96 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: foothills
  • 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

    QUVE

    Quercus velutina

    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

    23

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    927

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    0

    559

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    10.6

    21.7

    1.7

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    O1&O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22869. new and partially decomposed organic debris
    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22878
    A11—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22870
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22871
    A3—18 to 49 centimeters (7.1 to 19.3 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, on faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22872
    B1T—49 to 92 centimeters (19.3 to 36.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, on faces of peds and 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22873
    B21T—92 to 135 centimeters (36.2 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy 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; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22874. A few purplish black stains and concretions are present throughout the horizon.
    B22T—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; very fine to medium tubular and 21.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; irregular black (10YR 2/1) nonmagnetic shot; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22875. Some purplish black stains and shot-like to irregular shaped concretions throughout horizon.
    B31—173 to 216 centimeters (68.1 to 85.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22876
    B32—216 to 234 centimeters (85.0 to 92.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) on faces of peds and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22877. this horizon retains structure and fabric of the original rock.