IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BEECEE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 615-H
  • User Pedon ID: 95CA612011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 615-H
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0141
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68219
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.9623157
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5192810
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: approximately 1500 feet north and 850 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: about 2.2 miles Southeast of Inskip
  • Map Unit: 824—Beecee very gravelly medial loam, 30 to 50 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haploxerands
  • 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 - BEECEE
  • PSC - 2 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beecee
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge, canyon
  • 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: 11/30/1995 (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

    CADE27

    LIDE

    PILA

    PSME

    QUKE

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Libocedrus decurrens

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Quercus kelloggii

    incense cedar

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    sugar pine

    Douglas-fir

    California black oak

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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

    46

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    1183

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    1905

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    10

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent.
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent.
    A—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly medial loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 medium and coarse interstitial and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1219
    Bt1—9 to 19 centimeters (3.5 to 7.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly medial loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 15.0 very fine tubular and 7.0 medium interstitial and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1220. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108694; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108695; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108694; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108695
    Bt2—19 to 37 centimeters (7.5 to 14.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly medial loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 10.0 medium interstitial pores; 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1221. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108696; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108696
    Bt3—37 to 54 centimeters (14.6 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly medial loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots; 15.0 very fine and fine tubular and 10.0 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1222. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108697; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108697
    Bt4—54 to 77 centimeters (21.3 to 30.3 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 12.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 7.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 very coarse tubular and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1223. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108698; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108698
    Bt5—77 to 109 centimeters (30.3 to 42.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 19 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108699; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108699
    2Bt1—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 15.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; 80 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P1224. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108700; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108700
    2Bt2—147 to 169 centimeters (57.9 to 66.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 99 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P1225. continuous - phpvsfiid 108701; continuous - phpvsfiid 108701
    2Bt3—169 to 214 centimeters (66.5 to 84.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very stony loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 99 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 96P1226. continuous - phpvsfiid 108702; continuous - phpvsfiid 108702