IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Soquel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA079003
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA079003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38184
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 5/8 mile W. of farm buildings on George Mello farm.
  • State: California
  • County: CA079—San Luis Obispo
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA664—San Luis Obispo County, California, Coastal Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. M. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Cumulic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Soquel
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Soquel
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    12

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    90

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    AP—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23929
    AP2—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23930
    C1—21 to 38 centimeters (8.3 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23931. Compact in places.
    C2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loam; massive; 3.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23932
    C3—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23933
    A1B—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23934. Bits of carbonized plant material are scattered throughout. Probably surface of old marsh.