IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LYDON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 611H
  • User Pedon ID: 95CA612007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 611H
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0137
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68215
  • 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: 39.6416254
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6095007
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: unsectionalized
  • Location Description: about 0.6 miles Southeast of Ewalt Camp, approximately 2100' E and 350' N of NW corner of section 2, T. 24N, R. 3E (unsectionalized) T 25N, R 3E, MDM
  • Map Unit: 817—Lydon very gravelly medial coarse sandy 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: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Andic Dystroxerepts
  • 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 - LYDON
  • PSC - 25 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarthy-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: indurated moderate weathered andesite 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARPA6

    CADE27

    CORNU

    LIDE

    LIDE3

    PIPO

    PSME

    QUKE

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Cornus

    Libocedrus decurrens

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Quercus kelloggii

    greenleaf manzanita

    incense cedar

    dogwood

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    tanoak

    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, lithic

    indurated

    88 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    2—15

    15—88

    88—0

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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

    5

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    1106

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    1829

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    11.1

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent.
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent.
    A—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly medial coarse sandy loam; 11 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.0 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1189
    Bw1—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly medial sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular and 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.0 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1190
    Bw2—14 to 32 centimeters (5.5 to 12.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; extremely gravelly medial sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1191
    Bw3—32 to 52 centimeters (12.6 to 20.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly medial sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1192
    Bw4—52 to 88 centimeters (20.5 to 34.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly medial sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1193
    R—88 centimeters (34.6 inches); bedrock; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 96P1189