IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
MONTPELLIER
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1955CA065014
User Pedon ID:
S1955CA065014
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A2860
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
37439
Print Date:
11/13/2024
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:
33.5544434
Std. Longitude:
-117.0597229
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
7S
Range:
2W
Section:
23
PLSS Details:
1000 feet east of N 1/4 corner
Location Description:
On Vail Co. Ranch about 7 miles NE of Temecula.
State:
California
County:
CA065—Riverside
MLRA:
20—Southern California Mountains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA679—Western Riverside Area, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
W. G. Harper.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
14
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
MONTPELLIER
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/16/2007
Moisture Class -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Montpellier
Classificaton Date -
12/8/1955
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
terrace
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
12/8/1955 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
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
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434
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305
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A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22575
B2—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22576. Thin grayish vesicular layer at tops of prisms.
B2ca—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22577
Cca—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, weakly coherent, moderately sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22578. Flakes of manganese present.
C—152 centimeters (59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22579