IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAIX
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969-CA-04-023x
  • User Pedon ID: 69-CA-04-023x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD6904023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42213
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.6731911
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1737366
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE/4, SE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-F2—Cascade, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JIM, NLC, JSP, PRL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAIX
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Biotite Quartz Diorite. Geolog formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/2009 (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
    • 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

    20

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    1280

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    225

    1956

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01293
    A11—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate very fine granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01294
    A12—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD01295
    B21—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; single grain parts to weak medium subangular blocky; soft, friable; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 medium irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01296
    B22—46 to 59 centimeters (18.1 to 23.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; single grain parts to massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine irregular and 21.0 irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01297
    B3—59 to 87 centimeters (23.2 to 34.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; single grain parts to massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD01298
    Cr—87 to 155 centimeters (34.3 to 61.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; single grain parts to massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # UCD01299