IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salinas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979CA053002
  • User Pedon ID: 79CA053002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47012
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 36.5224342
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5265656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3000 feet S and 900 feet W of official type location.
  • State: California
  • County: CA053—Monterey
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Salinas
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salinas
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (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
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse granular, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01481. common fine and medium roots
    1A12—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01482. common fine and medium roots
    1AC—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01483. common very fine roots
    1C1—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01484. common very fine roots
    1C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01485. (2.5Y 5/2) dry and (2.5Y 3/2) moist films. (2.5Y 7/2) dry and (2.5Y 5/2) moist lime.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots