IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Altamont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956-CA-11-027
  • User Pedon ID: 56-CA-11-027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5611027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41307
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 39.7299728
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2761536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: SE/4
  • 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-F3—Fruto NE, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ELB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Aridic Haploxererts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Altamont
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2023
  • Classifier - Theresa Kunch
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ALTAMONT
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Chromoxererts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Softly Consolidated Calcareous formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    4.5

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    91

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    135

    457

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    17.2

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    Ap1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; coarse granular parts to strong medium granular structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03479
    Ap2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03480
    A13—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03481
    AC—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong very coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03482
    C1ca—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03483
    C2—109 to 109 centimeters (42.9 to 42.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) mottles; massive; soft; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # UCD03484