IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manzanita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978CA033030
  • User Pedon ID: 78CA033030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0465
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46019
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.0607071
  • Std. Longitude: -122.9352493
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: On Scotts Valley road 225 feet S of Hartley cemetery Rd. intersection 50 feet E of road.
  • Location Description: On Scotts Valley road 225 feet S of Hartley cemetery Rd. intersection 50 feet E of road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA033—Lake

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.W.W. and R.P.Z.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Manzanita
  • PSC - 28 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manzanita
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Ultic Palexeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    28—73

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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

    2

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    457

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02608. 10% shot and subrounded gravel to 10 mm.; many very fine roots
    1A3—13 to 48 centimeters (5.1 to 18.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02609. 15% shot.; many very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots
    1B1t—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, pressure faces in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P02610. 5% shot and few rock frags. Few small black coatings in cracks.; many pressure faces surface features in root channels and/or pores; many fine roots; few medium roots
    1B21t—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches);, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent , moist, pressure faces; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02611. 7% rock frags many highly weathered.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; many intersecting slickensides surface features in root channels and/or pores; many pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    1B22t—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches);, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02612. Many gray and yellow fragments 20% soft weathered slake on texturing. 15% rock frags many highly weathered.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; many intersecting slickensides surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 213663; continuous - phpvsfiid 213664; continuous - phpvsfiid 213663; continuous - phpvsfiid 213664
    1B23t—142 to 185 centimeters (55.9 to 72.8 inches);, dark red (10R 3/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P02613. Fourth moist color (5YR 4/4). Reticuate mottling. 25% rock frags many highly weathered.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; many intersecting slickensides surface features in root channels and/or pores