IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LEWISFLAT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 706-A
  • User Pedon ID: 97CA612004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 706-A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0142
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68220
  • 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: 39.5798611
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1104167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20 N
  • Range: 8 E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: approximately 1400 feet east and 2000 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: about 1.1 miles north of Strawberry Valley
  • Map Unit: 850—Lewisflat loam, 2 to 15 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-E1—Strawberry Valley, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DWB, SAA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Andic Haploxerults
  • 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 - LEWISFLAT
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lewisflat
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: s strong weathered igneous, intermediate
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 205-128
  • 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

    CHUM

    CORNU

    LIDE3

    PILA

    PSME

    Abies concolor

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Cornus

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    white fir

    pipsissewa

    dogwood

    tanoak

    sugar pine

    Douglas-fir

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    8—23

    23—124

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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

    3

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    1120

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    70

    2032

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    10

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    11.1

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    CA8606

    Strawberry Valley

    TAPS
    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments.
    A1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartz-diorite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1228; moist when described;
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartz-diorite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1229; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartz-diorite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1230; moist when described;
    2Bt2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium and coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartz-diorite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1231; moist when described;
    2Bt3—84 to 124 centimeters (33.1 to 48.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1232; moist when described;
    2BCt1—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P1233; moist when described;
    2BCt2—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P1234; moist when described;