IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Argonaut
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CA115006
  • User Pedon ID: 90CA115006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0416
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63462
  • Print Date: 4/30/2024

    • 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: 39.2355537
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3044434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet S and 2500 feet E of NW 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Burned rainfall simulator site, about 1.1 mile southeast of Long Bar Road, 200 feet west of fork in Long Bar Road to turn of field station HQ. Smartville 7.5 min quad.
  • State: California
  • County: CA115—Yuba

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K.S. and W.B.S.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Mollic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Argonaut
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Argonaut
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Mollic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1990 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    9

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    341

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    270

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02391. many very fine roots
    A2—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02392. many very fine roots
    Bt—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02393. few clay films surface features; many very fine roots
    2Bt—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02394. many clay films surface features; few very fine roots
    2BCt—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02395. common clay films surface features; few very fine roots
    Cr—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P02396. highly weathered medisediments