IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BALMAN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA091004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA091004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2949
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38078
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 39.7047234
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3038864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile south of N1/4 corner, 100 yards east of Hariot Lane
  • State: California
  • County: CA091—Sierra
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Calcixerolls
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BALMAN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Balman
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    1

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    1489

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    508

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    7.8

    17.8

    -2.2

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    AP1CA—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23259. lime disseminated.
    AP2CA—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23260. lime disseminated.
    ACCA—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23261. lime disseminated.
    2C1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23262. lime disseminated.
    2C2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23263. lime occurs in seams.
    2C3—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23264. lime occurs in seams.
    2C4—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23265. lime disseminated.
    3C5—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), moist; silty clay; dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; clay films; noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23266. lime occurs in soft masses.