IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GRIFFGULCH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 625K
  • User Pedon ID: 97CA612024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 625K
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0291
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10562
  • 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: 39.7908611
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5508611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: approximately 2150 feet north and 2050 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 718—Griffgulch-Surnuf-Spine taxadjunct , 30 to 50 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, DWH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Ultic 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 - GRIFFGULCH
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Griffgulch
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: h metamorphic, unspecified with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-52
  • 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

    ARMA

    CECU

    CEIN3

    PIPO

    QUCH2

    QUKE

    TODI

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Ceanothus cuneatus

    Ceanothus integerrimus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus chrysolepis

    Quercus kelloggii

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    whiteleaf manzanita

    buckbrush

    deerbrush

    ponderosa pine

    canyon live oak

    California black oak

    Pacific poison oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    8—18

    28—147

    147—0

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    47

    —

    —

    750

    —

    240

    1422

    —

    —

    13.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments.
    A—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1774; dry when described;
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium vesicular and tubular and 0.1 coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1775; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107545; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107545
    Bt2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; extremely cobbly clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and tubular and 1.0 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1776; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 107446; continuous - phpvsfiid 107446
    Bt3—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; extremely cobbly clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 1.0 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 90 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1777; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 107439; continuous - phpvsfiid 107439
    Bt4—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very cobbly clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 90 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1778; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 107440; continuous - phpvsfiid 107440
    Bt5—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 80 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P1779; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 107441; continuous - phpvsfiid 107441
    R—147 centimeters (57.9 inches); fragments.