IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NEWTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956-CA-52-001
  • User Pedon ID: 56-CA-52-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956-CA-52-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5652001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41314
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.1830750
  • Std. Longitude: -122.5251007
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40122-B5—Oxbow Bridge, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KDG, JIM, JMC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - NEWTOWN
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Conglomerate And Siltstone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/13/2009 (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

    QUDO

    Quercus douglasii

    blue 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

    30

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    282

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    135

    559

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    5

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02444
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; hard; 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02445
    A3—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02446
    B21t—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02447
    B22t—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02448
    B3t—51 to 107 centimeters (20.1 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD02449
    C—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), 50 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # UCD02450