IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DRYVALLEY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CA035008
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CA035008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0700
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49544
  • 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: 40.8665352
  • Std. Longitude: -120.5343781
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 640 meters W and 396 meters N of SE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA035—Lassen
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA608—Susanville Area, Parts of Lassen and Plumas Counties, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Xerertic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DRYVALLEY
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grasshopper
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Xerollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: playa, depression
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (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
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04196
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04197
    BT1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04198. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171253; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171253
    BT2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong medium angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04199. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171254; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171254
    BCT1—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04200. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171255; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171255
    BCT2—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04201. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171256; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 171256
    C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 81P04202
    S1—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04203