IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TOADTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 826-W
  • User Pedon ID: 95CA612012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 826-W
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68208
  • 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: 39.6040461
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2379902
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20 N
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 861—Toadtown-Powellton , 15 to 30 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-E2—Clipper Mills, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, parasesquic, mesic Andic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TOADTOWN
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Challenge
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered igneous, basic with 100 to <200
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 205-126
  • 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

    CADE27

    CEIN3

    LIDE

    LIDE3

    PILA

    PIPO

    PSME

    PTAQ

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Ceanothus integerrimus

    Libocedrus decurrens

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Pteridium aquilinum

    incense cedar

    deerbrush

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    tanoak

    sugar pine

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    western brackenfern

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—203

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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

    24

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    1074

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    143

    1854

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    11.1

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    11.7

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments.
    Oe—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1144; dry when described;
    AB—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 5.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1145; dry when described;
    2Bt1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; clay; 43 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium and coarse roots between peds; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1146; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108289; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108289
    2Bt2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; clay; 52 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium and coarse roots between peds; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1147; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108290; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108290
    2Bt3—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; gravelly clay; 53 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium and coarse roots between peds; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1148; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108291; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108291
    2Bt4—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; cobbly silty clay; 48 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1149; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108292; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108292
    2Bt5—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), red (2.5YR 5/8), dry; silty clay loam; 49 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, basic fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1150; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108293; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108293
    208 centimeters (81.9 inches); fragments.