IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dotta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015CA049001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015CA049001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2015CA049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82572
  • User Project ID: 2015-KLF-LAB-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 21 - Lab Characterization - FY2015 - Klamath Basin soils data and Bay Delta Watershed soils data
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.9678310
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2889290
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48 N.
  • Range: 6 E.
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: about 970 feet N and 2,165 feet W of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 1.0 mile N and 9.6 miles E of the town of Tule Lake, CA
  • Map Unit: 111—Dotta sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes, MLRA 21
  • State: California
  • County: CA049—Modoc
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-KLF—Klamath Falls, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA684—Butte Valley-Tule Lake Area, California, Parts of Siskiyou and Modoc Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41121-H3—Newell, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gebauer, Chris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dotta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2015
  • Classifier - Gebauer, Chris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ashy alluvium
  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R021XI003CA Deep Loam Jul 14 2015 Gebauer, Chris

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gebauer, Chris
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRASS2

    BRTE

    Brassica

    Bromus tectorum

    mustard

    cheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—93

    53—160

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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

    2

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    1444.1

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    80

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 50 percent sand; 17 percent clay; strong medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; semideformable; 10.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01137; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 53 centimeters (3.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 40 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; semideformable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01138; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BAt—53 to 93 centimeters (20.9 to 36.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 40 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; semideformable; 3.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01139; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—93 to 122 centimeters (36.6 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; ashy clay loam; 30 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; semideformable; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01140; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btq1—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; ashy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 32 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 60 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01141; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btq2—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 16N01142; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket