IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MOUNTYANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 610-H
  • User Pedon ID: 95CA612006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 610-H
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68214
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.9738704
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6030612
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 N
  • Range: 3 E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: approximately 100 feet south and 1500 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 1 mile ESE of Ewalt Camp
  • Map Unit: 814—Mountyana gravelly loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-H5—Stirling City, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AEC, BG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, mesic Andic Haplohumults
  • 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 - MOUNTYANA
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cohasset-like
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: s volcanic breccia, unspecified with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-48
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ABCO

    CADE27

    LIDE

    LIDE3

    PILA

    PIPO

    PSME

    QUKE

    Abies concolor

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Libocedrus decurrens

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Quercus kelloggii

    white fir

    incense cedar

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    tanoak

    sugar pine

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    California black oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    166 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    4—22

    22—133

    133—166

    166—

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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

    10

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    1109

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    120

    1829

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    11.1

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments.
    A—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 20.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1180
    Bt1—11 to 22 centimeters (4.3 to 8.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 20.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1181. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107475
    Bt2—22 to 34 centimeters (8.7 to 13.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1182. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107488; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107488
    Bt3—34 to 47 centimeters (13.4 to 18.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1183. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107502; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107502
    Bt4—47 to 65 centimeters (18.5 to 25.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 99 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1184. continuous - phpvsfiid 107503; continuous - phpvsfiid 107503
    Bt5—65 to 95 centimeters (25.6 to 37.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; 33 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 80 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P1185. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108352
    Bt/Cr—95 to 133 centimeters (37.4 to 52.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 80 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1186. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108353
    Cr/Bt—133 to 166 centimeters (52.4 to 65.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 5.0 medium tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P1188. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108354; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108354
    Cr—166 to 182 centimeters (65.4 to 71.7 inches); 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments.