IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AIKEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958-CA-52-038
  • User Pedon ID: 58-CA-52-038
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958-CA-52-038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5852038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41927
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 40.4353752
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7231979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NW/4, NW/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40121-D6—Grays Peak, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KDG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, oxidic, mesic Xeric Palehumults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AIKEN
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, oxidic, mesic Xeric Palehumults
  • Classificaton Date - 2/9/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Basic Igneous Cinders formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/9/2009 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CEIN3

    Ceanothus integerrimus

    deerbrush

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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

    15

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    1219

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    0

    1143

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    10

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03313
    A1—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); dark red (10R 3/6), weak red (10R 4/4), dry; loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, nonsticky; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03314
    A3—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark red (10R 3/6), red (10R 4/6), dry; loam; strong medium granular parts to strong fine granular structure; soft, nonsticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03315
    B1t—46 to 67 centimeters (18.1 to 26.4 inches); dark red (10R 3/6), red (10R 4/6), dry; clay loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03316
    B2t—67 to 160 centimeters (26.4 to 63.0 inches); dark red (10R 3/6), red (10R 4/6), dry; clay; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 medium irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments. Lab sample # UCD03317