IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CERPONE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97CA612026
  • User Pedon ID: 97CA612026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 625I
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10565
  • 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: 39.8231944
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5416389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: approximately 2150 feet south and 250 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 1.2 miles northeast of Sawmill Peak
  • Map Unit: 702—Cerpone-Typic Haploxeralfs, magnesic-Earlal complex, 3 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, DWB, SBS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, parasesquic, 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 - CERPONE
  • PSC - 9 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cerpone
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy residuum weathered from ultramafic rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated ultramafic, unspecified at 144cm with 10 to <45
  • Geology: Ultramafic Rocks group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-52
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    CADE27

    PIPO

    PSEUD7

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Calocedrus decurrens

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga

    whiteleaf manzanita

    incense cedar

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    144 -

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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

    lithic contact

    4—9

    9—24

    24—144

    144—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

    11

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    957

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    45

    1524

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    200

    13

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1792; dry when described;
    Bt1—9 to 24 centimeters (3.5 to 9.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, 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 pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1793; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108451; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108451
    Bt2—24 to 42 centimeters (9.4 to 16.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 0.1 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1794; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108448; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108448
    Bt3—42 to 67 centimeters (16.5 to 26.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 15 percent by volume subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1795; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108449; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108449
    Bt4—67 to 103 centimeters (26.4 to 40.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 1.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 40 percent by volume subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1796; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108450; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108450
    Bt5—103 to 144 centimeters (40.6 to 56.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 55 percent by volume subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter ultramafic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P1797; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108345; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 108345
    R—144 centimeters (56.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.