IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PARADISO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 616-I
  • User Pedon ID: 96CA612022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 616-I
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0306
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68778
  • 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: 39.7871111
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5900556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22 N
  • Range: 3 E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 150' northwest of CDF office, 20' south of fence and park
  • Map Unit: 829—Paradiso 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-G5—Paradise East, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AEC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Andic Haploxeralfs
  • 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 - PARADISO
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paradiso
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1996
  • 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
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-52
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - artificial cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - urban and built-up
  • 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

    LUPIN

    MELIL

    PIPO

    POLYS

    QUKE

    Lupinus

    Melilotus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Polystichum

    Quercus kelloggii

    lupine

    sweetclover

    ponderosa pine

    hollyfern

    California black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—142

    142—221

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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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    648

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    1397

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    13.9

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    12.8

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; 18 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1946
    ABt—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; loam; 19 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains and 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1947. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107534; continuous - phpvsfiid 107533; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107534; continuous - phpvsfiid 107533
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains and 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1948. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107469; continuous - phpvsfiid 107468; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107469; continuous - phpvsfiid 107468
    Bt2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains and 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1949. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107430; continuous - phpvsfiid 107429; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107430; continuous - phpvsfiid 107429
    Bt3—64 to 114 centimeters (25.2 to 44.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 51 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1950. continuous - phpvsfiid 108580; continuous - phpvsfiid 108580
    Bt4—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1951. continuous - phpvsfiid 108581; continuous - phpvsfiid 108581
    Bt5—147 to 188 centimeters (57.9 to 74.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1952. continuous - phpvsfiid 107455; continuous - phpvsfiid 107455
    2Bt—188 to 213 centimeters (74.0 to 83.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter volcanic breccia, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P1953. continuous - phpvsfiid 107426; continuous - phpvsfiid 107426