IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KARCAL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA049012
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA049012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA049012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44737
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.2000008
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4138870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 81 feet N of W Valley Reservoir Rd, 4 miles SE from Jess Valley Rd on W Valley Reservoir Rd in the NW1/4 of the SW1/4
  • 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: John O Borgen and Wayne B Sheldon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, montmorillonitic Leptic Haploxererts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KARCAL
  • PSC - 25 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karcal
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: hard fractures basalt of pilo-pleistocene
  • 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

    BRJA

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    FESTU

    JUNIP

    Artemisia

    Bromus japonicus

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Festuca

    Juniperus

    sagebrush

    Japanese brome

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    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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    1518

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    45

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    A11—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very cobbly clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00698
    A12—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00699
    A—33 to 54 centimeters (13.0 to 21.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter basalt fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00700
    R—54 to 61 centimeters (21.3 to 24.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00701