IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parrott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014CA007003
  • User Pedon ID: S2014CA007003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74565
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.5822222
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9711389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Fluventic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parrott
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Fluventic Haploxerepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2014
  • Classifier - Andrew Conlin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/14/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Ryan Miebach
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—29

    29—179

    —29—

    —150—
    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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    —

    30

    —

    280

    533

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    17

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    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many very fine roots; common very fine tubular and many very fine irregular and many fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02730; moist when described; observed in trench
    Ap2—7 to 17 centimeters (2.8 to 6.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots; many very fine tubular and many very fine irregular and common fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02731; moist when described; observed in trench
    Ap3—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots; common very fine irregular and many very fine tubular and few fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02732; moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 1438097; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438097
    Bw—29 to 65 centimeters (11.4 to 25.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots; common very fine irregular and many very fine tubular and few fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02733; slightly moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 1438098; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438098
    Bt1—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots; common very fine irregular and many very fine tubular and few fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02734; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 1438099; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438100; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438099; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438100
    Bt2—100 to 140 centimeters (39.4 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots; common very fine irregular and many very fine tubular and few fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores and 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02735; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 1438101; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438102; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438101; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438102
    Bt3—140 to 179 centimeters (55.1 to 70.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots; common very fine irregular and many very fine tubular and few fine tubular and common fine irregular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N02736; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 1438103; patchy - phpvsfiid 1438103
    C—179 to 202 centimeters (70.5 to 79.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots; many very fine interstitial and many fine interstitial pores; 55 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-35 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 170 ml of compliant cavity volume; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N02737; dry when described; observed in trench