IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALTAMONT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958-CA-52-049
  • User Pedon ID: 58-CA-52-049
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5852049
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41929
  • 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: 40.0107765
  • Std. Longitude: -122.3787994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: RSW
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SE/4, NW/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40122-A4—Red Bank, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KDG
  • 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 - 2/9/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Softly Consolidated Sediments 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
    • 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

    26

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    168

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    45

    635

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    16.7

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    A11—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; hard, firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02684
    A12—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02685
    A13—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02686
    C1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02687
    Cca—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # UCD02688