IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA035005
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA035005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0488
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58293
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.2007141
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0129623
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 23 feet W and E; 2.7 feet N of S photo; 30 feet NE and 30 feet E of apparent SW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA035—Lassen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragtown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 21 percent sand; strong fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P02911. Horizon subsampled 0 to 3 cm 86P2911 and 3 to 10 cm 86P2912.
    1C1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent sand; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    1C2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; 40 percent sand; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Few 0.5 mm ostracod shells.
    1Ck1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    1Ck2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent sand; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Few 0.5 mm ostracod shells.
    1C3—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) interior, olive (5Y 5/3) interior, moist; stratified silt loam to silty clay loam; 27 percent sand; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Common 0.5 mm ostracod shells.