IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOS GATOS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958-CA-52-030
  • User Pedon ID: 58-CA-52-030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958-CA-52-030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD5852030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41922
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 40.1472092
  • Std. Longitude: -122.6937332
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: R7W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: SE/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40122-B6—Cold Fork, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KDG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LOS GATOS
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/9/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified
  • Geology: Sandstone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/9/2009 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CEANO

    Ceanothus

    ceanothus

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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

    25

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    631

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    90

    762

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    13.3

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03344
    B1t—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine irregular pores; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on rock fragments; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03345. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 662926; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 662927; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 662926; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 662927
    B2t—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on rock fragments; 35 percent by volume indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03346. continuous - phpvsfiid 662928; continuous - phpvsfiid 662929; continuous - phpvsfiid 662928; continuous - phpvsfiid 662929
    R/B2t—51 to 51 centimeters (20.1 to 20.1 inches); sand; fragments. Lab sample # UCD03347