IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tuborcio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06CA069001
  • User Pedon ID: PINN544
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S06CA069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0144
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18930
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.4838611
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1721944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: IgG—Igneous rock land106—Casino-Argixerolls complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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: Lindsay, Oster
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Ultic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 544
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tuborcio
  • PSC - 34 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tuborcio
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from rhyolite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: rhyolite at 29cm
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12452-172
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ADFA

    CECU

    ERFA2

    SAME3

    Adenostoma fasciculatum

    Ceanothus cuneatus

    Eriogonum fasciculatum

    Salvia mellifera

    chamise

    buckbrush

    Eastern Mojave buckwheat

    black sage

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

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    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    0—34

    34—85

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    —34—

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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

    80

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    378

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    150

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator strip; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00959; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A2—8 to 34 centimeters (3.1 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 75-163-250 millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator strip; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00960; observed in pit, large or quarry. Stone line at lower boundary
    Bt1—34 to 60 centimeters (13.4 to 23.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; clay; 30 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 7 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator strip; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00961; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328310; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328310
    Bt2—60 to 85 centimeters (23.6 to 33.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay; 30 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 7 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 40 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator strip; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00962; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328312; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328313; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328312; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328313
    Bt3—85 to 125 centimeters (33.5 to 49.2 inches); 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face and 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay; 50 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 40 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator strip; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00963; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328317; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 328317
    Crt—125 to 153 centimeters (49.2 to 60.2 inches); 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face and 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 25 percent clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 90 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator strip. Lab sample # 07N00964; observed in pit, large or quarry