IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONTPELLIER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA065015
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA065015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2861
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37440
  • 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: 33.5175018
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1575012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: S. Highway 395, 1000 feet north of junction with State Highway 71, near northwest corner
  • Location Description: On right-of-way west side of U. , about 2 miles north 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 Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • 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 - 12/9/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/9/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22580
    A12—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22581
    A2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22582. Somewhat vesicular.
    B2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong coarse columnar structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22583. Rounded caps on columns.
    B-2ca—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong coarse columnar structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22584. Strongly calcareous with both disseminated and segregated lime.
    Cca—99 to 145 centimeters (39.0 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay; massive; hard when dry, very firm, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22585
    D—145 centimeters (57.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22586. A gravelly, cobbly layer of mixed rock material.