IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Diablo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93CA079001A
  • User Pedon ID: 93CA079001A
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93CA079001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0662
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66005
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 35.3443056
  • Std. Longitude: -120.7421389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 1/2 mile NW of County Environmental Education Center.
  • State: California
  • County: CA079—San Luis Obispo
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Whited, Oster, Southard, and Foster
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Diablo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1993
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered shale, calcareous with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRDI2

    LOLIU

    STPU2

    Brachypodium distachyon

    Lolium

    Stipa pulchra

    purple false brome

    ryegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—69

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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

    11

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    315

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P4624
    Bw—6 to 65 centimeters (2.4 to 25.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1); weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; 15 percent distinct pressure faces; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P4625
    Bk—65 to 97 centimeters (25.6 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1); strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P4626
    BCk—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1); weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 93P4627