IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loyalton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA063010
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA063010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA063010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2943
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38072
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 39.7438889
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2480545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 100 yards east of County Highway A-24, 100 yards east of center
  • Location Description: Lucky Hereford property, approximately 4-1/2 miles north of Loyalton along Beckworth Lane.
  • State: California
  • County: CA063—Plumas
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA614—Sierra Valley Area, California, Parts of Sierra, Plumas, and Lassen Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyalton
  • PSC - 20 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyalton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ARCA13

    CHRYS9

    DISTI

    Artemisia cana

    Chrysothamnus

    Distichlis

    silver sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    saltgrass

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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

    1

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    1490

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    508

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    7.8

    17.8

    -2.2

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23208; dry when described;
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; strong very coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23209; dry when described;
    A&B—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and brown (10YR 4/3), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; sandy loam; moderate coarse columnar structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23210; dry when described;
    B21T—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy clay; strong coarse columnar structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23211; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187736; continuous - phpvsfiid 187736
    B22T—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23212; moist when described;
    B31T—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23213; moist when described;
    B32T—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23214; moist when described;
    2C1—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23215; moist when described;
    2C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sand; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23216; moist when described;
    2C3—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23217; moist when described;