IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BIEBER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972CA049017
  • User Pedon ID: S1972CA049017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972CA049017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44042
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.4480553
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4547195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet east and 920 feet south of center
  • State: California
  • County: CA049—Modoc
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA603—Modoc County, California, Alturas Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne B. Sheldon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic, mesic, shallow Aridic Durixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BIEBER
  • PSC - 15 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bieber
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: alluvial terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1972 (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

    ARTR2

    BRASS2

    BRTE

    FEID

    JUNIP

    LUPIN

    POA

    Artemisia tridentata

    Brassica

    Bromus tectorum

    Festuca idahoensis

    Juniperus

    Lupinus

    Poa

    big sagebrush

    mustard

    cheatgrass

    Idaho fescue

    juniper

    lupine

    bluegrass

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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

    2

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    1372

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    270

    254

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    8.9

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00635
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00636
    Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; white (N 8/0), moist, silica coats on bottom of rock fragments and thick clay films on bottom of rock fragments; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00637
    Csm1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4); moderate coarse platy structure; fine cylindrical carbonate masses; 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00638. indurated hardpan with 1 to 2 mm thick continuous caps on the surface and cemented bands 1 to 2 mm apart below
    Csm2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4); massive; carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments and silica masses on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00639. indurated hardpan
    Csm3—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4); massive; thin clay films and silica coats on bottom of rock fragments; fine threadlike carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 72C00640. indurated hardpan