IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FARWELL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 127-56-9
  • User Pedon ID: 127-56-9
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61173
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.7940363
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9832909
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: unsectionalized
  • Location Description: About 1.9 miles northwest of Nord, California.
  • Map Unit: 175—Farwell 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-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Fluventic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FARWELL
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Farwell
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 127-56
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    64—114

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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

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    44

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    ABt—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242367
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242368
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242369; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242369
    Bt3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242370; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242370
    2Btb1—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 fine and medium tubular pores; 90 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 242371; continuous - phpvsfiid 242371
    2Btb2—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242372
    2Btb3—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 31 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 242373
    3Bwb—183 to 205 centimeters (72.0 to 80.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 292622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 292622