IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scoutcamp
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CA023005
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA023005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CA023005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15021
  • Print Date: 5/5/2025

    • 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: 40.6628990
  • Std. Longitude: -124.0062561
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: northwest quarter, northwest quarter
  • Location Description: Humboldt County, California; the fourth spur to the south on road N75 from the main road up Yager Creek
  • Map Unit: 384—Scoutcamp-Rootcreek-Redcrest complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA600—Humboldt County, Central Part, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40124-F1—McWhinney Creek, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jennifer Berman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, isomesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scoutcamp
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, isomesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: siltstone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: —Error in Exists On—
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wildcat Undifferentiated formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6246-184
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    CETH

    GASH

    IRDO

    PSME

    SESE3

    Ceanothus thyrsiflorus

    Gaultheria shallon

    Iris douglasiana

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Sequoia sempervirens

    blueblossom

    salal

    Douglas iris

    Douglas-fir

    redwood

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

    argillic horizon

    30—112

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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

    45

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    351

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    17

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 10 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 5-13-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02152; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—12 to 30 centimeters (4.7 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; 7 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 5-13-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02153; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02154; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02155; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—70 to 112 centimeters (27.6 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02156; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—112 to 195 centimeters (44.1 to 76.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 37 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02157; observed in pit, small
    Cr—195 centimeters (76.8 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small