IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOVEJOY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA091006
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA091006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2935
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38064
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.6830559
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4102783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile north, 0.1 mile west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 0.1 mile west of County Highway A-23.
  • 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 Abruptic Xeric Argidurids
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LOVEJOY
  • PSC - 38 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lovejoy
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    1497

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    381

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    7.8

    17.8

    -2.2

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 6/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; strong fine platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23149
    A21—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint mottles; weak coarse platy, and weak medium prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23150
    A22—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23151; moist when described;
    B2T—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay; strong coarse columnar structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23152; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 196797; continuous - phpvsfiid 196797
    C1M—58 to 107 centimeters (22.8 to 42.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; massive parts to strong medium angular blocky; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23153; moist when described;. Lime occurs in filaments and in seams mostly in the lower part of the horizon; gray material predominantly in horizontal seams that can be scratched with a #3 pencil; horizon does not slake in water.
    C2G—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine platy structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23154; moist when described;