IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AIKEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972-CA-04-038x
  • User Pedon ID: 72-CA-04-038x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972-CA-04-038x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7204038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42242
  • 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: 39.9644508
  • Std. Longitude: -121.7115173
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, SW/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 22B—Southern Cascade Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-H6—Cohasset, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JIM, WRA, FH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, oxidic, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AIKEN
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, oxidic, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: tuff, unspecified
  • Geology: Tuff Breccia. Geologic Formati formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/2009 (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

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California black oak

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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

    8

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    1091

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    135

    1397

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    12.8

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02718
    A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD02719
    A3—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02720
    B21t—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), weak red (2.5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02721
    B22t—58 to 96 centimeters (22.8 to 37.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD02722
    B23t—96 to 122 centimeters (37.8 to 48.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD02723
    B3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular parts to massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # UCD02724