IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOVENESS

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1973CA049005

User Pedon ID: S1973CA049005

Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA049005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 73C0096

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44730

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: 41.4661102

Std. Longitude: -121.1583328

Datum: WGS84

Township: 42N

Range: 11E

Section: 22

Location Description: Modoc County, California. This site is located 54 feet N of dirt road; 0.1 mile E of Lookout Road; 5 miles S of the Lookout HWY 139 intersection. Private land in Modoc National Forest SSA.

State: California

County: CA049—Modoc

MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA604—Intermountain Area, Parts of Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, and Siskiyou Counties, California

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41121-D2—Crank Mountain, California

PEDON

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Vitrandic Argixerolls

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 5

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - LOVENESS

PSC - 58 to 108 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/19/2001

Moisture Class - xeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Trojan

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: nearly level plateau

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: ESC-4-196

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
ABCO CEPR ELMU3 PIJE PIPO WYETH	Abies concolor Ceanothus prostratus Elymus multisetus Pinus jeffreyi Pinus ponderosa Wyethia	white fir prostrate ceanothus big squirreltail Jeffrey pine ponderosa pine mule-ears	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon	— —	—- —-

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	—	—	1443.2	—	0	533	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.

A11—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00656

A12—7 to 25 centimeters (2.8 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 4 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00657

A13—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4), 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 4 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00658

A3—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00659

Bt21—60 to 88 centimeters (23.6 to 34.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00660

Bt22—88 to 119 centimeters (34.6 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 73C00661

C1—119 to 134 centimeters (46.9 to 52.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00662