IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ordferry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014CA007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014CA007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74563
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.5486389
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9531667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 252—Whitecabin-Ordferry silty clays, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-CHI—Chico, California
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Conlin, Ryan Miebach
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Aquic Durixererts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ordferry
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Aquic Durixererts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/2014
  • Classifier - Andrew Conlin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock over loamy alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: basin-floor remnant
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/13/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Ryan Miebach, Andrew Conlin
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    duripan

    densic material

    weakly coherent

    noncoherent

    77 - 99

    97 - 209

    - 22 -

    - 112 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    episaturation

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    slickensides

    duripan

    lithologic discontinuity

    densic materials

    endosaturation

    0—20

    0—164

    0—209

    20—77

    20—77

    77—97

    77—77

    97—209

    97—209

    —20—

    —164—

    —209—

    —57—

    —57—

    —20—

    —-

    —112—

    —112—
    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

    —

    —

    30

    —

    135

    533

    —

    —

    17

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; 43 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common very fine roots and few coarse roots; common very fine irregular and common very fine tubular and common medium irregular and common fine irregular pores; 20 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02712; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    A—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and few coarse roots; common very fine irregular and common very fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02713; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bss1—20 to 44 centimeters (7.9 to 17.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 50 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine irregular and common very fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02714; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bss2—44 to 77 centimeters (17.3 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 50 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; few very fine roots; few very fine tubular and common medium irregular and common fine irregular pores; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02715; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btkqm—77 to 97 centimeters (30.3 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; cemented loam; 23 percent clay; strong thick platy, and strong very thick platy structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, weakly coherent by silica, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots between peds; few very fine tubular and many medium irregular and few fine tubular and many fine irregular pores; 25 percent prominent clay films on bottom faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct platy noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented silica concretions with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02716; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bdtk1—97 to 164 centimeters (38.2 to 64.6 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak thick platy, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak thick platy structure; extremely hard, firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; common very fine tubular and few medium tubular and common fine irregular and common fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02717; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bdtk2—164 to 189 centimeters (64.6 to 74.4 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate thick platy, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate thick platy structure; extremely hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; few very fine tubular and few medium tubular and common fine irregular and few fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02718; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bdtk3—189 to 209 centimeters (74.4 to 82.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; few very fine tubular and common fine irregular and few fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N02719; moist when described; observed in trench