IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arbuckle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015CA103007
  • User Pedon ID: S2015CA103007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0381
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82576
  • Print Date: 5/6/2024

    • 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: 40.0592778
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2016389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: AvA—Arbuckle gravelly loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 17AvA—Arbuckle gravelly loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-CHI—Chico, California
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Conlin, Ryan Miebach
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arbuckle
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 99 to 149 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/2015
  • Classifier - Andrew Conlin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: land leveling deposited alluvium human-transported material derived from metamorphic and sedimentary rock over alluvium derived from metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace on fan remnant
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Ryan Miebach
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Local Disturb. Description - leveled for flood irrigated pasture, 34 cm fill
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    human-transported material

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—34

    34—52

    99—175

    —34—

    —18—

    —76—
    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

    0.5

    —

    —

    86

    —

    612

    —

    —

    16.6

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    —

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    ^Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01565; dry when described; observed in trench
    ^Ap2—7 to 19 centimeters (2.8 to 7.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and few fine roots; many very fine tubular and few fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-5-15 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01566; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    ^Bt—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and few fine roots; many very fine tubular and few medium tubular and common fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01567; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    Atb—34 to 52 centimeters (13.4 to 20.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots; many very fine tubular and few fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-15 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01568; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    Btb1—52 to 78 centimeters (20.5 to 30.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots; many very fine tubular and few fine tubular pores; 50 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01569; slightly dry when described; observed in trench
    Btb2—78 to 99 centimeters (30.7 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots; many very fine tubular pores; 50 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-5-20 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01570; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Btb3—99 to 118 centimeters (39.0 to 46.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots and few fine roots; many very fine tubular pores; 40 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions lining pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-5-10 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01571; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Btb4—118 to 151 centimeters (46.5 to 59.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very few very fine roots; common very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions lining pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-5-20 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01572; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Btb5—151 to 175 centimeters (59.4 to 68.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very few very fine roots; common very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions lining pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-30 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01573; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btb6—175 to 220 centimeters (68.9 to 86.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very few very fine roots; common very fine interstitial and common very fine tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions lining pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 16N01574; moist when described; observed in trench