IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burgsblock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004CA023605018
  • User Pedon ID: S2005CA023023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004CA023605018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0646
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18619
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.7291679
  • Std. Longitude: -123.7241669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 16
  • Location Description: Board Camp Mountain
  • Map Unit: 439—Coolyork-Tannin-Blocksburg complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA023—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA605—Humboldt and Del Norte Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40123-F6—Board Camp Mountain, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Lindsay
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Burgsblock
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: mudstone
  • Geology: Franciscan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6246-49
  • 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

    LIDE3

    PSME

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    tanoak

    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

    60

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    1250

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 46 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 15.0 fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator strip; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03750; dry when described;
    ABt—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator strip; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03751; dry when described;
    Bt1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 30 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator strip; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03752; dry when described;
    Bt2—58 to 98 centimeters (22.8 to 38.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 45 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator strip; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03753; dry when described;
    2C—98 to 158 centimeters (38.6 to 62.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator strip. Lab sample # 05N03754; dry when described;