IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loyalton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA063011
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA063011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA063011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2942
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38071
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 39.7377777
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2480545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet west and 200 feet north of S1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Lucky Hereford property - 200 feet west of Plumas County Highway A-24.
  • 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 Aquic Natrixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyalton
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyalton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1961 (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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    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23199
    A12—1 to 13 centimeters (0.4 to 5.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23200
    A2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak very fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23201
    B21T—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay; strong medium columnar structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23202. continuous - phpvsfiid 187743; continuous - phpvsfiid 187743
    B22Tca—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23203. continuous - phpvsfiid 187744; continuous - phpvsfiid 187744
    B31ca—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23204
    B32ca—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23205
    2C1—84 to 135 centimeters (33.1 to 53.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; coarse sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23206
    2C2—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; coarse sand; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23207