IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): POWELLTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 612-H
  • User Pedon ID: 95CA612008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 612-H
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0138
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68216
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.9164548
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5773652
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: approximately 800 feet south and 400 feet east of the northwest center
  • Location Description: about 0.5 miles North of Lovelock
  • Map Unit: 811—Powellton-Toadtown , 3 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, parasesquic, 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 - POWELLTON
  • PSC - 37 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Powellton
  • Classificaton Date - 11/28/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/28/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-50
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    CADE27

    CEIN3

    LIDE

    LIDE3

    PIPO

    PSME

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Ceanothus integerrimus

    Libocedrus decurrens

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    incense cedar

    deerbrush

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    tanoak

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

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

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

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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

    15

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    1020

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    240

    1778

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    12.2

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.
    Oe—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.
    A—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 20.0 very fine to medium interstitial and tubular and 3.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1194
    Bt1—9 to 21 centimeters (3.5 to 8.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine to medium roots; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1195. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108675; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108675
    Bt2—21 to 37 centimeters (8.3 to 14.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine to medium interstitial and tubular and 3.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 13 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1196. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108676; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108676
    Bt3—37 to 59 centimeters (14.6 to 23.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 80 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1197. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108677; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108677
    Bt4—59 to 75 centimeters (23.2 to 29.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), dry; clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 99 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1198. continuous - phpvsfiid 108678; continuous - phpvsfiid 108678
    Bt5—75 to 104 centimeters (29.5 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 99 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1199. continuous - phpvsfiid 108679; continuous - phpvsfiid 108679
    Bt6—104 to 154 centimeters (40.9 to 60.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), dry; loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1200. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108680; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108680
    Bt7—154 to 209 centimeters (60.6 to 82.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/6), dry; loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 40 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 96P1201. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108681; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108682; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108681; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108682