IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BONEPILE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996CA007023
  • User Pedon ID: 96CA612023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 670-I
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68780
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 40.0325000
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5264722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: approximately 600 feet north and 1200 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 822—Bonepile gravelly medial loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-CHI—Chico, California
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40121-A5—Butte Meadows, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AEC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, glassy, frigid Typic Haploxerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BONEPILE
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonepile
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: tephra derived from volcanic rock over residuum weathered from andesite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Bedrock: s strong weathered andesite with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 439-114
  • 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

    ABCO

    ARPA6

    ARPA6

    LIDEE

    PIPO

    QUKE

    Abies concolor

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Lithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus kelloggii

    white fir

    greenleaf manzanita

    greenleaf manzanita

    tanoak

    ponderosa pine

    California black oak

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

    andic soil properties

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

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    0—20

    20—43

    43—109

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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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    1567

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    270

    1905

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    10

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly medial sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1959; dry when described;
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; cobbly medial sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1960; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108286; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108286
    Bw1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly medial sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 50 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P2961; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107515; patchy - phpvsfiid 107514; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107515; patchy - phpvsfiid 107514
    Bw2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly medial sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 50 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1962; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108335; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108336; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108335; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108336
    2Bw3—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly medial sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 600-?-? millimeter andesite fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P1962; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 108337; continuous - phpvsfiid 108337
    2Cr—112 centimeters (44.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 97P1963