IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): POWELLTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 704-R
  • User Pedon ID: 95CA612030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 704-R
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0144
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68222
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.5618252
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1552095
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N.
  • Range: 7E.
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: approximately 2000 feet west and 3000 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 1.9 miles north of Clipper Mills
  • Map Unit: 861—Toadtown-Powellton , 15 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • 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: DWB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Andic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - POWELLTON
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KETTLEBELLY TAX; SUCKERUN
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: tephra over residuum and colluvium derived from diorite
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geology: Diorite member of the Jdi formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 205-128
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID - WOOD5
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PILA

    PSME

    ABCO

    PIPO

    QUKE

    LIDE3

    CADE27

    ROSA5

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Abies concolor

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus kelloggii

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Rosa

    sugar pine

    Douglas-fir

    white fir

    ponderosa pine

    California black oak

    tanoak

    incense cedar

    rose

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    3—23

    23—168

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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

    22

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    1193

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    250

    1905

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    140

    11

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 8.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-5-75 millimeter diorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1240
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.7 fine and medium roots and 0.4 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1241
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 fine and medium roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1242
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.6 very fine roots and 0.6 fine and medium roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1243
    Bt3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1244
    Bt4—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.4 fine and medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1245
    Bt5—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1246
    BC—168 to 185 centimeters (66.1 to 72.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1247
    C1—185 to 211 centimeters (72.8 to 83.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; 11 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1248
    C2—211 to 277 centimeters (83.1 to 109.1 inches); red (10R 4/6), light red (10R 6/6), dry; loam; 11 percent clay; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog.