IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
BUSACCA
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
127-56-2
User Pedon ID:
127-56-2
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
NSSL
Lab Pedon # -
89P0067
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
61172
Print Date:
2/17/2025
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:
39.7962586
Std. Longitude:
-121.9752351
Datum:
WGS84
Map Unit:
105—Busacca clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
State:
California
County:
CA007—Butte
MLRA:
17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39121-G8—Nord, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
Steve Borchard
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Haploxerolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
BUSACCA
PSC -
25 to 102 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/24/2012
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Bosquejo
Classificaton Date -
10/26/1988
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
clayey alluvium over loamy alluvium derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
Landscape:
valley
Landform:
distal alluvial fan
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/26/1988 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
127-56
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
mollic epipedon
calcic horizon
0—51
51—67
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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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270
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; 13 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 47 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P650
Bw1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; 12 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 49 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 fine and medium tubular pores; 20 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P651
Bw2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; 14 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 46 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P652
Bw3—51 to 87 centimeters (20.1 to 34.3 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 31 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 fine and medium tubular pores; 20 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P653
Bw4—87 to 120 centimeters (34.3 to 47.2 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 34 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P654
Bw5—120 to 144 centimeters (47.2 to 56.7 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 39 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent by volume 2-5-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P655
Bw6—144 to 170 centimeters (56.7 to 66.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P656
Bq—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 26 percent clay; massive; hard, very friable by silica, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent faint silica coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P657. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 296363; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 296363