IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PULS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA049003
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA049003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44728
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.6527786
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7222214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 11 miles N of Modoc National Forest Boundary on Crowder Flat Rd in the NW1/4 of the Se1/4
  • 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: Wayne B Sheldon & John O Borgen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, shallow Abruptic Xeric Argidurids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PULS
  • PSC - 8 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2006
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Puls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from igneous rock
  • Landform: 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

    FEID

    JUNIP

    Artemisia

    Festuca idahoensis

    Juniperus

    sagebrush

    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

    6

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    1528

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    315

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely cobbly loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 73C00642
    Bt1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 73C00643
    Bt2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 73C00644
    Csm1—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; cemented material; extremely hard; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00645
    Csm2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches);, reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist; cemented material; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00646
    Csm3—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches);, reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist; cemented material; extremely hard; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00647
    Csm4—76 to 163 centimeters (29.9 to 64.2 inches); cemented material; massive, and thick platy; extremely hard; 30 percent medium distinct very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, manganese masses; fragments.