IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gianella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015CA103001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015CA103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0379
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82574
  • 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: 39.9273889
  • Std. Longitude: -122.0968889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: CmA—Columbia fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-CHI—Chico, California
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ryan Miebach, Andrew Conlin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gianella
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerofluvents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Conlin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • 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: meander belt on valley
  • Landform: flood-plain splay
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • 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: 3/17/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Andrew Conlin
  • 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

    0—8

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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

    2

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    52

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    135

    581

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    16.6

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01541; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 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; common very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01542; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C2—28 to 37 centimeters (11.0 to 14.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; few very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01543; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C3—37 to 50 centimeters (14.6 to 19.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; many very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01544; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C4—50 to 67 centimeters (19.7 to 26.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loamy very fine sand; 3 percent clay; structureless massive parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; many very fine interstitial and few very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01545; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C5—67 to 76 centimeters (26.4 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; few very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01546; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C6—76 to 83 centimeters (29.9 to 32.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01547; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C7—83 to 120 centimeters (32.7 to 47.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; structureless massive parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and common medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine interstitial and few very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01548; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C8—120 to 125 centimeters (47.2 to 49.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; few very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01549; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C9—125 to 131 centimeters (49.2 to 51.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; few very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01550; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C10—131 to 137 centimeters (51.6 to 53.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few fine roots; many very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01551; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C11—137 to 162 centimeters (53.9 to 63.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; few very fine tubular and few fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-6-10 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01552; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C12—162 to 171 centimeters (63.8 to 67.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots; many very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-50 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 16N01553; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    C13—171 to 220 centimeters (67.3 to 86.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; few very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 16N01554; slightly dry when described; observed in trench