IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ELAM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957-CA-52-008
  • User Pedon ID: 57-CA-52-008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957-CA-52-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5752008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41334
  • 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: 40.3237381
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4614258
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: SE/4, SE/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-C4—Childs Meadows, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KDG, JIM, JMC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, nonacid, frigid Typic Xerofluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ELAM
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, nonacid, frigid Typic Xerofluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ALL
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Andesite Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/11/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    ABCO

    Abies concolor

    white fir

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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

    8

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    1463

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    135

    1270

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    7.8

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    O1/O2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02032
    A11—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 60 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02033
    A12—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 60 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02034
    C1—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # UCD02035
    C2—56 to 157 centimeters (22.0 to 61.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; 60 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # UCD02036