IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BEN LOMOND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04ca085641117
  • User Pedon ID: 04ca085641117
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0678
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19556
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.2625944
  • Std. Longitude: -122.1314333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 6
  • Location Description: Along Skyline Blvd, near CDF station, along trail east of ridge, east of trail down steep slope.
  • Map Unit: 518—Ben Lomond-Casrock complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA085—Santa Clara
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA641—Santa Clara Area, California, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37122-C2—Mindego Hill, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Reed, Southard, Benitez, Bullard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 117
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BEN LOMOND
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BEN LOMOND
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandstone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent slight weathered sandstone, unspecified
  • Geology: Sandstone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    100 - 150

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

    mollic epipedon

    2—120

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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

    60

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    746

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    5

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; massive; very rapid permeability; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—2 to 14 centimeters (0.8 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 medium irregular pores; 15 percent by volume subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—14 to 32 centimeters (5.5 to 12.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium irregular and 1.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—32 to 70 centimeters (12.6 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—70 to 120 centimeters (27.6 to 47.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 medium irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent by volume subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cr—120 to 130 centimeters (47.2 to 51.2 inches); bedrock; slow permeability; fragments.; dry when described; observed in pit, small