IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HILT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966CA093008
  • User Pedon ID: S1966CA093008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966CA093008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2874
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37453
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 41.8108330
  • Std. Longitude: -122.5077744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: A pit located on the Flying S Ranch about 6 miles north of Montague off the Yreka-Ager Road. 2600 feet west and 1750 feet south of the NE 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, mesic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HILT
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilt
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    JUNIP

    QUAL

    Juniperus

    Quercus alba

    juniper

    white 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

    17

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    866

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    90

    330

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    11.1

    22.2

    0.6

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22663
    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22671
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22664
    A3—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22665
    B1t—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22666
    B21t—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) rubbed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22667
    B22t—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4) rubbed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22668. continuous - phpvsfiid 197434; continuous - phpvsfiid 197434
    B3t—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22669. This horizon has a small amount of rock structure.
    R—119 to 124 centimeters (46.9 to 48.8 inches); weathered bedrock; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; clay films on rock fragments; fragments. Lab sample # 40A22670. Some B3t material in cracks and seams.; continuous - phpvsfiid 197436; continuous - phpvsfiid 197436