IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheetiron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980CA033013
  • User Pedon ID: S1980CA033013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980CA033013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0049
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48349
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.4852791
  • Std. Longitude: -122.7327805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: about 0.5 mile south of summit of Sheetiron Mountain
  • State: California
  • County: CA033—Lake
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheetiron
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheetiron
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, micaceous, mesic Dystric Xerochrep
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1995
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from mica schist and/or residuum weathered from metamorphic rock
  • Landform: rolling to very steep hillslope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CHAMA4

    PIMA

    PIPO

    PSEUD7

    Abies concolor

    Chamaecyparis

    Picea mariana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga

    white fir

    cedar

    black spruce

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

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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

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    1143

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    1016

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    163

    11.1

    21.1

    3.9

    12.8

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    0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; fragments.
    A11—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; strong medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00276
    A12—7 to 27 centimeters (2.8 to 10.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00277
    B2—27 to 66 centimeters (10.6 to 26.0 inches); very gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P00278
    R—66 to 100 centimeters (26.0 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments.