IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gianella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015CA021001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015CA021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0378
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82573
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.7302222
  • Std. Longitude: -121.9776667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: ChA—Columbia silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA021—Glenn
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-CHI—Chico, California
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA021—Glenn County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ryan Miebach, Andrew Conlin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gianella
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerofluvents
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Conlin
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/16/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Andrew Conlin
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • 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

    0—20

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    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

    0

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    42

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    568

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    16.6

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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular parts to structureless single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots and few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01529; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    Ap2—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots and few very coarse roots and few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01530; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C1—20 to 34 centimeters (7.9 to 13.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine tubular and few medium tubular and few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01531; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C2—34 to 47 centimeters (13.4 to 18.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots; common very fine tubular and few medium tubular and few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01532; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C3—47 to 55 centimeters (18.5 to 21.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few fine roots; common very fine tubular and few medium tubular and few fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01533; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Ab1—55 to 69 centimeters (21.7 to 27.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few fine roots; common very fine tubular and few medium tubular and few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01534; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Ab2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few very fine roots; common medium tubular and few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01535; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C'4—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few very fine roots; common medium tubular and few fine tubular and few coarse tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01536; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C'5—102 to 123 centimeters (40.2 to 48.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few very fine roots and very few medium roots; common medium tubular and few fine tubular and few coarse tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01537; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C'6—123 to 138 centimeters (48.4 to 54.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few very fine roots and very few medium roots; common medium tubular and few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01538; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C'7—138 to 170 centimeters (54.3 to 66.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few very fine roots and very few medium roots and very few fine roots; few very coarse tubular and common medium tubular and many fine interstitial and few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01539; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    C'8—170 to 223 centimeters (66.9 to 87.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few very fine roots and few fine roots; common medium tubular and common fine interstitial and few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 16N01540; slightly moist when described; observed in trench