IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HERLONG
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CA035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CA035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0693
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49537
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.2523804
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0554657
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 686 meters south and 15 meters east of the NW corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA035—Lassen
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA608—Susanville Area, Parts of Lassen and Plumas Counties, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HERLONG
  • PSC - 0 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Herlong
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Typic Paleorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: depression, playa
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: tufa, 0.05 percent 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    petrocalcic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    secondary carbonates

    23—30

    43—61

    61—117

    14—-40

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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

    1

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    1228

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04146
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; ashy loam; strong medium platy parts to strong coarse platy structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04147
    A3—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04148
    2CKM—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; Error; massive; very strongly coherent by silica and carbonates; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04149
    3CKM—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable by carbonates, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04150
    3CKQ1-A—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm by silica and carbonates, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent carbonate coats on tops of rock fragments and 75 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 21 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04151. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171218; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171223; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171218; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171223
    3CKQ2—61 to 117 centimeters (24.0 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable by silica and carbonates, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 75 percent carbonate coats on tops of rock fragments; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04152. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171224; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171225; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171224; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171225
    3CK—117 to 173 centimeters (46.1 to 68.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose, very friable by silica and carbonates, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 81P04153
    4CKOBULK—173 to 178 centimeters (68.1 to 70.1 inches); cobbles; very strongly coherent by silica and carbonates; fragments. Lab sample # 81P04154