IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montpellier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945CA103011
  • User Pedon ID: S1945CA103011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2859
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37438
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 39.9397240
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2911148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pit located 3/4 mile N. of the County road bend 6 miles west and 1 mile north of Corning.
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Roberts and R. A. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montpellier
  • PSC - 34 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MONTPELLIER
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    2

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    107

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    483

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    16.7

    27.8

    7.2

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22568; moist when described;
    A12—18 to 34 centimeters (7.1 to 13.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22569; moist when described;
    A21T—34 to 51 centimeters (13.4 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A22570; moist when described;
    B22T—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, weakly coherent, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A22571; moist when described;
    B23T—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (10R 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, weakly coherent, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22572; moist when described;
    B24T—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A22573; moist when described;
    C—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22574; moist when described;. Containing a slight amount of gravel. consistence, and structure similar to layer above but slightly less compact. Reticulate mottling more pronounced than above; weathered gravel also cause yellowish streaking.