IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OOSEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA093008
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA093008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA093008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44819
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.7069435
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1883316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 365.7 meters west and 313.9 meters south of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Siskiyou County, California. SE of the Goosenest cone. A borrow pit bank on road from Grass Lake Summit to Bull Meadows approximately 500 feet from its junction with Sheldon Logging Road.
  • 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 #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - OOSEN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oosen
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: volcanic cone
  • 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: 18FF-231
  • 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

    CEVE

    ELMU3

    PIPO

    STIPA

    Abies concolor

    Ceanothus velutinus

    Elymus multisetus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Stipa

    white fir

    snowbrush ceanothus

    big squirreltail

    ponderosa pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

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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

    3

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    1938.5

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    830

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    4.5

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in cut, beveled
    A11—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stony sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 7 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00416; observed in cut, beveled
    A12—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00417; observed in cut, beveled
    A13—11 to 31 centimeters (4.3 to 12.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; 4 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 and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00418; observed in cut, beveled
    C1—31 to 71 centimeters (12.2 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; 4 percent clay; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00419; observed in cut, beveled
    2C2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sand; massive; soft, loose, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00420; observed in cut, beveled
    2C3—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00421; observed in cut, beveled
    2C4—107 to 184 centimeters (42.1 to 72.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 74C00422; observed in cut, beveled