IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NINEKAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA049013
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA049013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA049013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44738
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.1994438
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4133301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 62 feet N of W Valley Reservior Rd, 4 miles SE from Jess Valley Rd on W Valley Reservior Rd in the NW1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • 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: Wayne B Sheldon and John O Borgen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - NINEKAR
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ninekar
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: hard fractured basalt of pilo-pleistocene age
  • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 0.1 very fine tubular and 0.1 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00702
    Bt21—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00703
    Bt22—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00704
    Bt3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00705
    R—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00706