IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALTAMONT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958-CA-11-002
  • User Pedon ID: 58-CA-11-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5811002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41343
  • 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: 39.5712433
  • Std. Longitude: -122.3671188
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA021—Glenn
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • 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 - 2/11/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Geology: Shale formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/11/2009 (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
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    137

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    315

    508

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02232
    A12—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02233
    A13—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02234
    ACca—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02235
    Cca—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4), moist; clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02236
    R—86 to 86 centimeters (33.9 to 33.9 inches); sand; hard; fragments. Lab sample # UCD02237