IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHASTA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA093003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA093003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA093003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44814
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.2577782
  • Std. Longitude: -122.0222244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: A pit 1127.6 meters north and 518 meters west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Siskiyou County, California. 0.3 miles east of Fowler Campground road on U.S. Highway 89 on north side and on logging road 24KG.
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA602—Siskiyou County, California, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, mixed, mesic Humic Vitrixerands
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHASTA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/2009
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shasta
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: glacial outwash plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3DD-3
  • 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

    ARCTO3

    CECO

    CHRYS9

    PIPO

    PRVI

    PURSH

    STIPA

    Arctostaphylos

    Ceanothus cordulatus

    Chrysothamnus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Prunus virginiana

    Purshia

    Stipa

    manzanita

    whitethorn ceanothus

    rabbitbrush

    ponderosa pine

    chokecherry

    bitterbrush

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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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    1036.3

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    1530

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    8.5

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    O1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); material, slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A11—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist; loamy sand; moderate very fine single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00377; observed in pit, small
    A12—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loamy sand; moderate very fine single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00378; observed in pit, small
    A13—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loamy sand; moderate very fine single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00379; observed in pit, small
    2C1—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00380; observed in pit, small
    3C2—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, firm, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00381; observed in pit, small
    4C3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sand; single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00382; observed in pit, small
    5C4—137 to 162 centimeters (53.9 to 63.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sand; single grain; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00383; observed in pit, small
    6C5—162 to 188 centimeters (63.8 to 74.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), black (10YR 2/1) and white (10YR 8/1), moist; sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00384; observed in pit, small