IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mccarthy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CA093304
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CA093304
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981CA093304
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0208
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50445
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 33
  • Location Description: Siskiyou County, California. Spring Hill area. Mount Shasta ranger district
  • State: California
  • County: CA093—Siskiyou
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA707—Shasta-Trinity National Forest Area, Parts of Humboldt, Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama, and Trinity Counties, California

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 304
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarthy
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, mesic Andic Xerumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (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

    PIPO

    Pinus ponderosa

    ponderosa pine

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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

    7

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    1268

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    225

    965

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); material; fragments.
    A1—1 to 16 centimeters (0.4 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine granular 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01128
    A3—16 to 29 centimeters (6.3 to 11.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate coarse granular parts to moderate fine granular 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01129
    B2—29 to 75 centimeters (11.4 to 29.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01130
    C—75 to 141 centimeters (29.5 to 55.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # 82P01131