IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AIKEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967-CA-58-120x
  • User Pedon ID: 67-CA-58-120x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967-CA-58-120x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6758120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42173
  • 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: 39.5832558
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0482330
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW/4, NE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA115—Yuba
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA618—Yuba County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-E1—Strawberry Valley, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JIM, BFS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, oxidic, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AIKEN
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, oxidic, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Andesitic Tuff Breccia. Geolog formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • 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

    PSEUD7

    Pseudotsuga

    Douglas-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

    5

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    1216

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    180

    2032

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    11.7

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    O1/O2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01090
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01091
    A3—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay; moderate fine granular parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01092
    B11t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01093
    B12t—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; clay; massive parts to weak fine granular; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01094
    B2t—81 to 137 centimeters (31.9 to 53.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains and 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01095
    B3t—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/),, dry; clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # UCD01096