IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Redding
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA115001
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA115001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984CA115001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0877
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55665
  • Print Date: 5/16/2024

    • 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: 39.1333351
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4124985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 411 meters N and 137 meters E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Browns Valley quadrangle.
  • State: California
  • County: CA115—Yuba
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Lytle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Abruptic Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Redding
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Redding
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Abruptic Durixeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AVFA

    BRMO2

    Avena fatua

    Bromus mollis

    wild oat

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    duripan

    0—15

    33—84

    84—127

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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

    5

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    45

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    225

    59

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    17

    26

    7

    19

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    1A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04918. common very fine roots throughout
    1BA—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04919. Common rodent burrows not filled with soil.; common very fine roots throughout
    1Bt—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04920. Cobbles and gravel concentrated at bottom of horizon; common rodent burrows not filled with soil.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 217757; patchy - phpvsfiid 217758; patchy - phpvsfiid 217757; patchy - phpvsfiid 217758
    2Bt1—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04921. many pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 217759; continuous - phpvsfiid 217759
    2Bt2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior, moist; clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04922. many pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 217760; continuous - phpvsfiid 217760
    3Csim—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, indurated by silica; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 84P04923