IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CALPINE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA063019
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA063019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA063019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38182
  • 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: 39.8158340
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3908310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: Center of NE1/4 SE1/4
  • Location Description: Approximately 3/4 mile southwest of Beckwourth just west of Highway A-23 (Beckwourth-Calpine road).
  • State: California
  • County: CA063—Plumas
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA614—Sierra Valley Area, California, Parts of Sierra, Plumas, and Lassen Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CALPINE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calpine
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1961 (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

    PURSH

    Artemisia cana

    Purshia

    silver sagebrush

    bitterbrush

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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

    2

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    1487

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    432

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    7.2

    17.2

    -1.7

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate very fine platy structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23915
    A12—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23916
    A3—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23917
    B1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23918
    B2—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellow (10YR 7/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23919
    C1—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine to medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23920
    C2C—150 to 206 centimeters (59.1 to 81.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and yellow (10YR 7/8), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23921