IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHELD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA093007
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA093007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA093007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44818
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 41.6311111
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2230530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: A pit on the east side of Miller Mountain 823 meters south and 76.1 meters east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Siskiyou County, California.
  • 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-skeletal, mixed, frigid Alfic Vitrixerands
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHELD
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/2009
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheld
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain upland
  • Landform: extinct volcano
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent 2- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3FF-112
  • 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

    BRCA5

    CEPR

    CETH

    CEVE

    PIPO

    RIAU

    Abies concolor

    Bromus carinatus

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Ceanothus thyrsiflorus

    Ceanothus velutinus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Ribes aureum

    white fir

    California brome

    prostrate ceanothus

    blueblossom

    snowbrush ceanothus

    ponderosa pine

    golden currant

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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

    34

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    1950.7

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    90

    695

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 74C00409; observed in pit, small
    A11—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very stony sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 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; 30 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00408; observed in pit, small
    A12—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 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; 30 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00409; observed in pit, small
    A13—22 to 53 centimeters (8.7 to 20.9 inches); sandy loam; 8 percent clay; 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; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 74C00410; observed in pit, small
    B21—53 to 73 centimeters (20.9 to 28.7 inches); sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 45 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00411; observed in pit, small
    B22—73 to 89 centimeters (28.7 to 35.0 inches); sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00412; observed in pit, small
    2B21TB—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00413; observed in pit, small
    2B22TB—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00414; observed in pit, small
    C1—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00415; observed in pit, small