IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MANTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954-CA-52-008
  • User Pedon ID: 54-CA-52-008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954-CA-52-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5452008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41261
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.4120865
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7575684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: SW/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40121-D7—Manton, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KDG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, mesic Mollic Vitrandepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MANTON
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, mesic Mollic Vitrandepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: tuff, unspecified
  • Geology: Dacite Tuff formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California black oak

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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

    5

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    1067

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    315

    1016

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    11.7

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    O1/O2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03659
    A1—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03660
    A3—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03661
    B2—61 to 96 centimeters (24.0 to 37.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03662
    B3—96 to 147 centimeters (37.8 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD03663
    Cr—147 to 147 centimeters (57.9 to 57.9 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fragments. Lab sample # UCD03664