IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KITCHEN CREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960CA073001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960CA073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38163
  • 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: 33.2105560
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5130539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 0.15 mile east of southwest corner
  • Location Description: 75 feet north of Montezuma Valley Road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Borst and Fred C. Eggers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KITCHEN CREEK
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kitchen Creek
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    4

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    1250

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    432

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    13.9

    22.8

    6.7

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23788
    A12—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23789
    B21T—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23790. colloid in bridges between mineral grains.
    B22T—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23791. colloid in bridges between mineral grains.
    B3—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; Error; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23792. colloid in bridges between mineral grains.
    C1—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; Error; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23793. colloid in bridges between mineral grains.
    C2—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; Error; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23794