IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHEETIRON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980CA033010
  • User Pedon ID: S1980CA033010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48348
  • 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: 39.5686111
  • Std. Longitude: -122.8380585
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1,850 feet N, 2,000 feet W from SW corner
  • Location Description: Lake County, California. Mendocino National Forest. 0.9 miles E on Road 20N02 from intersection with Road 20N11 (Gibson Ridge Road) then down logging road 0.3 miles.
  • State: California
  • County: CA033—Lake
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA033—Lake County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39122-E7—Kneecap Ridge, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHEETIRON
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Longdoe
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrept
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: side slope mountain slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 25.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7-91
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

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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

    30

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    1505.7

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    0

    1270

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in cut
    A11—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 medium interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00272; observed in cut
    B21T—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 18 percent clay; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate 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 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00273; observed in cut
    B22T—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00274; observed in cut
    B23T—46 to 77 centimeters (18.1 to 30.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P00275; observed in cut
    R—77 to 100 centimeters (30.3 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in cut