IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jollygiant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001CA600017P
  • User Pedon ID: S2002CA023007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0775
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14868
  • 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: 40.8952789
  • Std. Longitude: -124.1088867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter
  • Location Description: Humboldt County, California; About 1.6 kilometers northwest of Arcata
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40124-H1—Arcata North, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jennifer Berman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jollygiant
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: low terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 433-99
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—26

    26—160

    —26—

    —134—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    7

    —

    240

    1015

    —

    300

    11

    14

    8

    14

    18

    9

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    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap1—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face, gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 20.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03944; moderately dry when described; observed in push tube
    Ap2—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, gray (10YR 6/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03945; moderately dry when described; observed in push tube
    Bg1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in push tube
    Bg2—64 to 83 centimeters (25.2 to 32.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in push tube
    BCg1—83 to 120 centimeters (32.7 to 47.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face, dry; loam; 25 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly dry when described; observed in push tube
    BCg2—120 to 160 centimeters (47.2 to 63.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face, dry; very fine sandy loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red.; moist when described; observed in push tube