IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FORWARD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954-CA-17-004x
  • User Pedon ID: 54-CA-17-004x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5417004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41237
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.8066063
  • Std. Longitude: -122.7897339
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 18
  • State: California
  • County: CA097—Sonoma
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA097—Sonoma County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38122-G7—The Geysers, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAG, REN, FH, FR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, mesic Mollic Vitrandepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FORWARD
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, mesic Mollic Vitrandepts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Soft Rhyolitic Rock formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/2009 (entry creation 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

    60

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    1158

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    270

    1524

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03563
    A11—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong medium granular structure; very friable; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03564
    A12—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03565
    AC—31 to 64 centimeters (12.2 to 25.2 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; very friable; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # UCD03566
    Cr1—64 to 100 centimeters (25.2 to 39.4 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; soft; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # UCD03567
    Cr2—100 to 100 centimeters (39.4 to 39.4 inches); very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # UCD03568