IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOEMSTONE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95CA612005
  • User Pedon ID: 95CA612005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67532
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.3337688
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6677199
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 miles East of Gridley, 475' E, 220' S of Intersection of Evans Raimer Rd and Cowee Ave. Jake stowes property
  • Map Unit: 121—Boga-Loemstone , 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-C6—Gridley, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AEC, DWB, BG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LOEMSTONE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loemstone
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    46—124

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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

    2

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    27

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    508

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    16.7

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; strong fine and medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine threadlike strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3892
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; strong medium and coarse platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine threadlike gray (10YR 5/1); fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3893
    Ap3—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine threadlike gray (10YR 5/1); fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3894
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine threadlike gray (10YR 5/1); fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3895. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107542; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107542
    Bt2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3896. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107543; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107543
    Bt3—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 80 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3897. continuous - phpvsfiid 107541; continuous - phpvsfiid 107541
    Bt4—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 85 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 35 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0); fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3898. continuous - phpvsfiid 107544; continuous - phpvsfiid 107544
    Bt5—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent fine irregular gray (10YR 6/1); fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P3899. continuous - phpvsfiid 107479; continuous - phpvsfiid 107479
    2Cd—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; massive; very firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine threadlike strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P3900