IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheetiron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CA103301
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CA103301
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981CA103301
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0205
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50442
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: Tehama County, California. Kenney Ridge area. Mendocino forest. Corning Ranger district.
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 301
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheetiron
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Dystric Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: sideslope mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 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

    ARCTO3

    PIPO

    Arctostaphylos

    Pinus ponderosa

    manzanita

    ponderosa pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    ochric epipedon

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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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    1585

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    90

    1524

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); material; fragments.
    A1—1 to 11 centimeters (0.4 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01117
    B21T—11 to 47 centimeters (4.3 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01118
    B22T—47 to 75 centimeters (18.5 to 29.5 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; 39 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01119
    C—75 to 82 centimeters (29.5 to 32.3 inches); bedrock; fragments.