IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ILLER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974CA093011
  • User Pedon ID: S1974CA093011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974CA093011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44822
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.7619438
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1430588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 243.6 meters east and 823 meters north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Siskiyou County, California. A borrow pit bank at the base of the southwest side of Ball Mountain. Just off the road to Martin Dairy Campground.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed Andic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ILLER
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Iller
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3FF-50
  • 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

    FRAGA

    PIPO

    PSME

    SYMPH

    Abies concolor

    Bromus carinatus

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Fragaria

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Symphoricarpos

    white fir

    California brome

    prostrate ceanothus

    strawberry

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    snowberry

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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

    15

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    1761.4

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    180

    830

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    5

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); material, slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00439; observed in cut
    A11—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; 8 percent silt; weak fine single grain; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse vesicular pores; 13 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00438; observed in cut
    A12—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 13 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00439; observed in cut
    A13—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; 12 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 13 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00440; observed in cut
    B1—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; 14 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 13 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00441; observed in cut
    2B21TB—49 to 95 centimeters (19.3 to 37.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; 20 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00442; observed in cut
    2B22TB—95 to 112 centimeters (37.4 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; 22 percent silt; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00443; observed in cut
    R—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00444; observed in cut