IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Red Bluff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979CA067005
  • User Pedon ID: 79CA067005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46963
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.5393410
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2424164
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 210 feet S of EW fence 20 feet E of NS fence in dryland grain field of E side of Sunrise Blvd. 500 feet N of Kiefer Blvd
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. S. Beulter, S. B.Sheldon, J. M. Wright
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Red Bluff
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jeager
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralf
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    29

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    1Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01143. Upper inch moderate medium granular structures.; common very fine and fine roots
    1Ap2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01144. About 5 to 10% range of pebbles.; common very fine roots
    1B21t—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01145. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1B22t—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01146. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    2B23t—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; gravelly clay; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 37 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01147. About 30% subrounded pebbles.; common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    2B24t—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01148. About 40% subrounded pebbles. Yellowish red (5YR 6/4) sand and silts, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) moist, deposited on ped faces, in pores and on fracture planes; few yellowish red (5YR 5/6) dry and moist, highly decomposed 2 to 20 mm pebbles.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    3B31t—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 37 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01149. About 55% highly weathered to non-weathered rounded and subrounded pebbles; pink (5YR 7/3) few to many sands and silts, reddish yellow (5YR 6/4) moist, over the clay films on the ped faces and pebbles.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    3B32t—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very gravelly clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01150. About 45% highly weathered to non-weathered pebbles; few to many pink (5YR 7/3) sands and silts, reddish yellow (5YR 6/4) moist, over the clay films on the ped faces and pebbles.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    3B33t—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, moist; very gravelly clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films between sand grains and 37 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01151. many clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores