IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Padres
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1984CA079034
User Pedon ID:
84CA079034
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
84P0929
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
55717
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
35.2477760
Std. Longitude:
-119.7708359
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
31S
Range:
21E
Section:
19
PLSS Details:
105 meters E and 33 meters S of the NW corner
State:
California
County:
CA079—San Luis Obispo
MLRA:
17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
PEDON
Describers Name:
Eric Vinson and Karen Wiley
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Xeric Torriorthents
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 #:
34
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Padres
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Padres
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic Xe
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
9/1/1984
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
bolson
Landform:
terrace—outwash or marine
Anthropogenic Feature:
leveled land
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
low
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
Microrelief Elevation:
1
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
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
0—42
—-
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
—
—
636
—
225
20
—
—
15
25
8
18
25
11
—
—
—
—
—
1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05266; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
1A2—8 to 42 centimeters (3.1 to 16.5 inches); 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior and 50 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior, dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05267; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
2C—42 to 76 centimeters (16.5 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05268; moist when described;. This horizon has pockets of common, fine segregated filaments of carbonates. At 22 to 23 is a fsl lens through the horizon. The bottom 4 has more gravel. ; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
3Ck1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05269; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; effervescence is continuous
3Ck2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior, dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P05270; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; effervescence is continuous
4C—117 to 158 centimeters (46.1 to 62.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P05271; dry when described;. At 57 to 62 there is 5 to 10% less gravel than in the rest of the ho rizon. The 35% gravel figure is an average of the whole horizon.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; effervescence is continuous