IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GIANELLA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 439-24-9
  • User Pedon ID: 439-24-9
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0070
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61175
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.8034799
  • Std. Longitude: -122.0563485
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N.
  • Range: 2W.
  • Location Description: about 5.7 miles northwest of Nord, on Snaden Island; approximately 2,700 feet west and 400 feet south of the west end of Bennett Rd; unsectionalized
  • Map Unit: 154—Gianella silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • 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: 39122-G1—Foster Island, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SJB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GIANELLA
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maywood
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: overbank deposited alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: natural levee on Sacramento River flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 250
  • Geology: Natural Levee And Channel Deposits (qa) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 439-24
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    47

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    559

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    250

    17

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 11 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial and 0.8 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    C2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.8 medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C3—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    C4—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    C5—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 medium and coarse roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    C6—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 fine and medium roots; 4.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    C7—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 4.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    C8—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 13 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 4 percent coarse distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C9—163 to 168 centimeters (64.2 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C10—168 to 174 centimeters (66.1 to 68.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C11—174 to 210 centimeters (68.5 to 82.7 inches); variegated brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter.