IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MODESTY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972-CA-04-026x
  • User Pedon ID: 72-CA-04-026x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972-CA-04-026x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7204026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42231
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.5475121
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3504639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NW/4, SW/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-E3—Forbestown, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: NLC, JIM, BFS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MODESTY
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic 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: complex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Bedrock: diorite
  • Geology: Quartz Diorite. Geologic Forma 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, 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

    QUCH2

    Quercus chrysolepis

    canyon live 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

    36

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    347

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    180

    1270

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    17.2

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03797
    A3—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual boundary. Lab sample # UCD03798
    B2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 medium roots throughout; 0.5 medium irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03799
    Cr—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # UCD03800