IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillgate
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CA011006
  • User Pedon ID: 89CA011006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0193
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61297
  • 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: 39.2694435
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2722244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet south and 2500 feet west of the northwest corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA011—Colusa
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Jett and W. Reed
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillgate
  • PSC - 48 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillgate
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Palexeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (actual site observation 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    48—183

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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

    3

    —

    —

    42

    —

    90

    38

    —

    —

    9

    4

    14

    8

    3

    12

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01180; dry when described;. common very fine roots
    A2—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01181; dry when described;. common very fine roots
    A3—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01182; dry when described;. Few widely scattered rounded gravels, 2 to 10 cm at boundary with 4th horizon; few very fine roots
    2Bt1—48 to 94 centimeters (18.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01183; dry when described;. few very fine roots
    2Bt2—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01184; dry when described;. few very fine roots
    2Bt3—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01185; dry when described;. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots
    2Bt4—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 89P01186; dry when described;. few very fine roots