IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monserate
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945CA103009
  • User Pedon ID: S1945CA103009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2841
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37420
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.0000000
  • Std. Longitude: -122.2247238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 0.13 mile south and 0.03 mile west of bench mark 307 in NE 1/4 NW1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA103—Tehama
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA645—Tehama County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Roberts and R. A. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monserate
  • PSC - 63 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MONSERATE
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    94

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    508

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    16.7

    27.8

    7.2

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    AP—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22429; moist when described;
    A11—16 to 43 centimeters (6.3 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22430; moist when described;
    A12—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22431; moist when described;
    B21T—63 to 80 centimeters (24.8 to 31.5 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A22432; moist when described;
    B22T—80 to 94 centimeters (31.5 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weakly coherent; 0.1 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22433; moist when described;. about 1/4 to 1/2 inch of lighter colored or more yellowish sandy clay loam of pH about 6.0 occurring in this boundary was not sampled.
    C1M—94 to 97 centimeters (37.0 to 38.2 inches); red (10R 4/6), dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; gravel; massive; extremely hard; 0.1 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A22434; dry when described;. indurated hardpan.
    C2M—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); red (10R 4/6), dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; gravel; massive; extremely hard; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22435; dry when described;. indurated hardpan.