IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALTAMONT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954-CA-11-007
  • User Pedon ID: 54-CA-11-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5411007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41219
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.6042557
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2779541
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 11
  • State: California
  • County: CA021—Glenn
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA021—Glenn County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39122-E3—Stone Valley, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ELB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Chromoxererts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ALTAMONT
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Chromoxererts
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Geology: Softly Consolidated Sediments formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    61

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    457

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    16.7

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    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; angular blocky parts to very coarse prismatic structure; hard; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # UCD01791
    A12—20 to 64 centimeters (7.9 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; angular blocky parts to very coarse prismatic structure; hard; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual boundary. Lab sample # UCD01792
    C1ca—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear boundary. Lab sample # UCD01793
    C2—89 to 89 centimeters (35.0 to 35.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist; silty clay; firm; fragments. Lab sample # UCD01794