IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DEETZ
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA093005
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA093005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA093005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44816
  • 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: 41.3883324
  • Std. Longitude: -122.3577805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 487.6 meters south and 365.7 meters east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Siskiyou County, California. A pit just north of Black Butte.
  • 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 Typic Vitrixerands
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DEETZ
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deetz
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: glacial outwash fan
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4FF-16
  • 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

    CALOC2

    CARO5

    CEPR

    PURSH

    Arctostaphylos

    Calocedrus

    Carex rossii

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Purshia

    manzanita

    incense cedar

    Ross' sedge

    prostrate ceanothus

    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

    4

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    1201

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    880

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    12.5

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A11—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine single grain; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00391; observed in pit, small
    A12—6 to 12 centimeters (2.4 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00392; observed in pit, small
    A13—12 to 19 centimeters (4.7 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00393; observed in pit, small
    2C1—19 to 32 centimeters (7.5 to 12.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00394; observed in pit, small
    3C2—32 to 47 centimeters (12.6 to 18.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 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; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00395; observed in pit, small
    4C3—47 to 72 centimeters (18.5 to 28.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 25 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00396; observed in pit, small
    5C4—72 to 98 centimeters (28.3 to 38.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; single grain, and massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 32 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00397; observed in pit, small
    6C5—98 to 136 centimeters (38.6 to 53.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sand; massive, and single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 45 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00398; observed in pit, small
    7C6—136 to 166 centimeters (53.5 to 65.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) and gray (10YR 6/1), white (10YR 8/1) and black (10YR 2/1), moist; sand; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00399; observed in pit, small