IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): YELLOWHOUND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979CA045101
  • User Pedon ID: S1979CA045101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0446
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48222
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.6461105
  • Std. Longitude: -123.6474991
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 997 feet south of center of NE 1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA045—Mendocino
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA694—Mendocino County, Western Part, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. D. Thorson and W. M. Ferry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, isomesic Ultic Haplustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 101
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - YELLOWHOUND
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2006
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yellowhound
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, isomesic Ultic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    65

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    457

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    180

    381

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    12

    16

    10

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    O—; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02453
    A3—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); variegated very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02454
    Bt21—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); variegated very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-124 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02455
    Bt22—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores and 3 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 76-?-124 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02456
    Bt3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 75 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 80 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02457