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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 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
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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