IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sehorn
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1993CA011002
User Pedon ID:
93CA011002
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1993CA011002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
NSSL
Lab Pedon # -
94P0050
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:
39.3455544
Std. Longitude:
-122.3230591
Datum:
WGS84
State:
California
County:
CA011—Colusa
MLRA:
17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA011—Colusa County, California
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39122-C3—Sites, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
Dean Burkett, Maxine Levin
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Haploxererts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sehorn
PSC -
25 to 89 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/12/2006
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
seventh edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sehorn High
Classificaton Date -
9/21/1993
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
3
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
silty and clayey residuum weathered from graywacke or mudstone
Landscape:
hills
Landform:
hillside
Anthropogenic Feature:
leveled land
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
middle third
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Bedrock:
s moderate weathered mudstone with <10 and a strike of 190 degrees and a dip of 90 to 90 degrees
Geology:
Great Valley Sequence formation.
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent 0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/21/1993 (actual site observation date)
Microrelief Elevation:
0
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
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
VERBA
Verbascum
mullein
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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
35
278
163
450
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315
170
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Colusa SW
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A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine platy structure; hard, firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P0430; observed in trench. Polygon #1C
Bw—12 to 22 centimeters (4.7 to 8.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; clay; 45 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and in cracks; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 40 percent prominent , dry, pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0431; observed in trench. Polygon #2C; patchy - phpvsfiid 207421; patchy - phpvsfiid 207421
Bss1—22 to 48 centimeters (8.7 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; clay; 55 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, very plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent , dry, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P0432; observed in trench. Polygon #16; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 207422; patchy - phpvsfiid 207423; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 207422; patchy - phpvsfiid 207423
Bss2—48 to 67 centimeters (18.9 to 26.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, very plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent , dry, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent , dry, pressure faces on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P0433; observed in trench. Polygon #15; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 207424; patchy - phpvsfiid 207425; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 207424; patchy - phpvsfiid 207425
BC—67 to 89 centimeters (26.4 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 0.5 very fine roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 80 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P0434; observed in trench. Polygon #12B
R—89 to 200 centimeters (35.0 to 78.7 inches); weak very fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine to medium roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 95 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P0435; observed in trench. Polygon #13B