IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinncamp
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S05CA069004
  • User Pedon ID: PINN007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S05CA069004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18935
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 36.4811667
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1571389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 390 meters west and 760 meters south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 25 meters south of Highway 146 and fire lane leading to the South Wilderness Trail
  • Map Unit: HaA—Hanford coarse sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes133—Toags-Pinncamp complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA069—San Benito
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA069—San Benito County, CaliforniaCA788—Pinnacles National Monument, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36121-D2—North Chalone Peak, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Oster
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Psammentic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinncamp
  • PSC - 35 to 110 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corralitos
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: very rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent 76- to 249-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12452-172
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 12
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUWI2

    Quercus wislizeni

    interior live oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    10—56

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    12/14/2004

    50

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    11
    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

    1.5

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    298.7

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    355

    432

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    250

    15

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; woody slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Oe—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; peaty moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00731; observed in pit, small
    A2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 15.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00732; observed in pit, small
    A3—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00733; observed in pit, small
    C—91 to 162 centimeters (35.8 to 63.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 06N00734; observed in auger, bucket