IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Demasters
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014CA049001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014CA049001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2014CA049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0333
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79547
  • User Project ID: 2014-KLF-LAB-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 21 - Lab Characterization - FY2014- SNOTEL Station
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 41.9861800
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7158000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: about 1,690 feet N and 2,350 feet E of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Stateline Snotel Site; about 14.5 miles S and 18.5 miles E of Lakeview, OR; approximately 4 miles ESE of Renner Lake.
  • Map Unit: 147—Demasters-Merlin-Demasters deep families association, 1 to 20 percent slopes.
  • State: California
  • County: CA049—Modoc
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA703—Modoc National Forest Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41120-H6—Beaver Mountain, California
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gebauer, Chris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Demasters
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2014
  • Classifier - Gebauer, Chris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from andesite
  • Landscape: lava plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent moderate weathered andesite at 105cm with 45 to <100; strongly coherent slight weathered andesite at 125cm with 45 to <100
  • Geology: ;
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CPF111 - Pinus ponderosa/Wyethia mollis—Plant Assoc. of Central Oregon Pumice Zone (R6 E 104-85)
  • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gebauer, Chris
  • Plant Association Name: Ponderosa Pine/Wooly Wyethia (CPF111)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Forest Rotation Stage - early
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACMI2

    AMAL2

    CEPR

    CEVE

    CREPI

    ELEL5

    EPBR3

    HISC2

    JUOC

    PIPO

    PONE2

    ROSA5

    SYAL

    WYMO

    Achillea millefolium

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Ceanothus velutinus

    Crepis

    Elymus elymoides

    Epilobium brachycarpum

    Hieracium scouleri

    Juniperus occidentalis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Poa nervosa

    Rosa

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Wyethia mollis

    common yarrow

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    prostrate ceanothus

    snowbrush ceanothus

    hawksbeard

    squirreltail

    tall annual willowherb

    Scouler's woollyweed

    western juniper

    ponderosa pine

    Wheeler bluegrass

    rose

    common snowberry

    woolly mule-ears

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

    weakly coherent

    strongly coherent

    105 - 125

    125 - 160

    - 20 -

    - 35 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—70

    35—105

    105—125

    105—

    125—

    —70—

    —70—

    —20—

    —-

    —-

    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

    3

    1732

    23

    1258

    State Line

    SNOTEL

    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01836; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face, moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 19 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N01837; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face, moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N01838; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—35 to 70 centimeters (13.8 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 23 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 0.5 medium dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-50-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N01839; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—70 to 88 centimeters (27.6 to 34.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; gravelly clay loam; 25 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 medium dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-50-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N01840; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—88 to 105 centimeters (34.6 to 41.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 35 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter andesite fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-160-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-15-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-50-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01841; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Crt—105 to 125 centimeters (41.3 to 49.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; bedrock; weakly coherent; 0.5 medium roots in cracks; 30 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on bedrock; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—125 to 160 centimeters (49.2 to 63.0 inches); N 7/1 (N 7/1) exterior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, moist; bedrock; strongly coherent; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in pit, small