IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Capay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93CA011005
  • User Pedon ID: 93CA011005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0056
  • Print Date: 5/7/2024

    • 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: 39.3458333
  • Std. Longitude: -122.3313889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North of Sites, CA.
  • Map Unit: 215—Altamont-Sehorn complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA011—Colusa
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA011—Colusa County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39122-C3—Sites, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Susan Southard, Gaylon Lane, and Conrad Neitsch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Haploxererts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Capay
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - seventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Capay
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1993 (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
    • 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

    15

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    0

    170

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    Colusa

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 10.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P0482; observed in trench
    A2—9 to 27 centimeters (3.5 to 10.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) exterior, moist; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; 10 percent pressure faces; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0483; observed in trench
    Bss1—27 to 59 centimeters (10.6 to 23.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0484; observed in trench
    Bss2—59 to 77 centimeters (23.2 to 30.3 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0485; observed in trench
    Bss3—77 to 108 centimeters (30.3 to 42.5 inches);, dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) exterior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0486; observed in trench
    Bss4—108 to 148 centimeters (42.5 to 58.3 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; clay; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0487; observed in trench
    Bss5—148 to 188 centimeters (58.3 to 74.0 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P0488; observed in trench
    Bss6—188 to 228 centimeters (74.0 to 89.8 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 94P0489; observed in trench
    Bss7—228 to 260 centimeters (89.8 to 102.4 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 94P0490; observed in trench. Subsample