IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corbiere
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CA011003
  • User Pedon ID: 89CA011003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61169
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 39.0833321
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9708328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2900 feet N and 1600 feet W of SE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA011—Colusa
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Jett and W. Reed.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Corbiere
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corbiere
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Cumulic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—53

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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

    1

    —

    —

    14

    —

    135

    38

    —

    —

    16

    25

    7

    18

    27

    11

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; ultra acid, pH 2.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00625; dry when described;. few fine roots throughout; many very fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR63 mottles; few fine faint 10YR31 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    Bw1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine faint and 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; ultra acid, pH 2.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00626; moist when described;. common very fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR53 mottles; few fine faint 10YR31 mottles; few fine faint 10YR41 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    Bw2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine and medium and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; ultra acid, pH 3.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00627; moist when described;. few very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium 10YR31 mottles; common fine and medium 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    Bw3—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), 20 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 80 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine distinct and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; ultra acid, pH 3.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00628; moist when described;. few very fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR41 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    2Ab—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 80 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; extremely acid, pH 3.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00629. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    2Bwyb1—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), 20 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 80 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) coarse and 11 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces and 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 11 percent fine platy gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00630; wet when described;. many slickensides and tilted wedges; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common pressure faces surface features; many intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots throughout; common coarse 10YR36 mottles; common coarse 10YR41 mottles; common coarse 10YR54 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous
    2Bwyb2—150 to 185 centimeters (59.1 to 72.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), 30 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 70 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; gray (10YR 5/1) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00631; wet when described;. many pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; many intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous
    2Bwyb3—185 to 239 centimeters (72.8 to 94.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P00632; wet when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous