IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DITCHCAMP
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA049002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0093
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44727
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 41.6555557
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7252808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet W of Crowder Flat Rd, 11.4 miles N of Modoc NF boundary on Crowder Flat Rd in the NE1/4 of the NW1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA049—Modoc
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA703—Modoc National Forest Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.O. Borgen and W.B. Sheldon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Xeric Argidurids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DITCHCAMP
  • PSC - 48 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ditchcamp
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lava plateau
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1973 (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

    ARTEM

    BRTE

    FEID

    JUNIP

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Festuca idahoensis

    Juniperus

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    Idaho fescue

    juniper

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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

    1

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    1527

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    45

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate coarse and very coarse platy structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00637
    A12—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00638
    B1t—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00639
    B2t—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00640
    Csim—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6); strong coarse and very coarse platy structure; extremely hard; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00641