IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Redding
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982CA067009
  • User Pedon ID: 82CA067009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52544
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • 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: 38.6038895
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3416672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.1 mi SW of Carmichael, 1265 feet N of the corner of Fair Oaks and Gunn, on Gunn, 435 feet W to pasture.
  • State: California
  • County: CA067—Sacramento
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arlene Tugel and Ron Hoppes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over clayey, mixed, active, thermic Abruptic Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Redding
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fiddyment T
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    31

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    90

    48

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    16

    24

    8

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01374. many very fine roots; few fine roots; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles
    1A2—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01375. few clay films surface features between sand grains; many very fine roots; few fine roots; many fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; many fine faint 7.5YR34 mottles
    1Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01376. few clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01377. 3 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) siltstone fragments 2-4 mm in diameter, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mosit.; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots
    1Bt3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01378. 15 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) siltstone fragments 2 to 20 mm in diameter, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) moist.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots
    1Cqm—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; unknown texture; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01379. Texture is indurated hardpan with continuous laminar cap less than 1 mm thick, reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) opal coatins in seams, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) moist, Fe-Mn stains in seams.
    1Crq—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01380. Stong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam in fractures, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) moist, reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) opal coatings in seams, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) moist.
    2C—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P01381. common clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots