IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DIXMINE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 690J
  • User Pedon ID: 97CA612025
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 690J
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0292
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10563
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.9638056
  • Std. Longitude: -121.6312500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 N
  • Range: 3 E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: approximately 1500 feet north and 1500 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: 810—Dixmine-Mac-Spine , 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-H6—Cohasset, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AEC, DWH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, parasesquic, mesic Typic 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 - DIXMINE
  • PSC - 44 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hambone tax
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside, canyon
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: s strong weathered metamorphic, unspecified with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-45
  • 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

    LIDE3

    PILA

    PIPO

    PSME

    QUKE

    QUVE

    Abies concolor

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus lambertiana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Quercus kelloggii

    Quercus velutina

    white fir

    tanoak

    sugar pine

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    California black oak

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    4—29

    29—44

    44—136

    136—0

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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

    36

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    905

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    240

    1803

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    11.7

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments.
    A—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial and tubular and 1.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1780; dry when described;
    Bt1—14 to 29 centimeters (5.5 to 11.4 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial and tubular and 1.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 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 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1781; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108343; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108343
    Bt2—29 to 44 centimeters (11.4 to 17.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial and tubular and 1.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1782; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108344; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108344
    Bt3—44 to 75 centimeters (17.3 to 29.5 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very cobbly clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 90 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1783; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 108447; continuous - phpvsfiid 108447
    Bt4—75 to 103 centimeters (29.5 to 40.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 90 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 25 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; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1784; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 108157; continuous - phpvsfiid 108157
    Bt5—103 to 136 centimeters (40.6 to 53.5 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; extremely cobbly clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 90 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 98P1785; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 108158; continuous - phpvsfiid 108158
    Cr—136 centimeters (53.5 inches); 0.1 very fine and fine roots in cracks; fragments.