IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buntingville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018CA049001
  • User Pedon ID: S2018CA049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 19N0312
  • User Project ID: 2018-KLF-LAB-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 21 - Lab Characterization - FY2018 - Klamath Basin soils data and Bay Delta Watershed soils data
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 41.5065700
  • Std. Longitude: -120.1515000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42 N.
  • Range: 16 E.
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2,155 feet N and 2,310 feet W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 333—Buntingville ashy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA049—Modoc
  • MLRA: 21—Klamath and Shasta Valleys and Basins
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-KLF—Klamath Falls, Oregon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA685—Surprise Valley-Home Camp Area, California and Nevada
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41120-E2—Cedarville, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gebauer, Chris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buntingville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2019
  • Classifier - Gebauer, Chris
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or alluvium derived from volcanic rock
  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in feb
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 20-millimeter volcanic, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gebauer, Chris; Chambers, Katrin
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    endosaturation

    0—160

    35—102

    58—200

    58—200

    —160—

    —67—

    —142—

    —142—
    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

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    1382.7

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 35 percent sand; 20 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-20 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02326; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BAt—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; ashy clay loam; 35 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.2 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 25 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-20 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02327; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btk—35 to 58 centimeters (13.8 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy clay loam; 40 percent sand; 28 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.6 very fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 4 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 6 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 19N02328; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; ashy sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular and 0.2 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; 35 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02329; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC1—102 to 160 centimeters (40.2 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; ashy sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots; 0.1 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-20 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N02330; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC2—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; ashy loam; 40 percent sand; 26 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-20 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 19N02331; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket