IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KITCHEN CREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960CA073002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960CA073002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38164
  • 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: 33.2161102
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5255585
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 400 feet south-southwest of the center
  • Location Description: about 0.8 mile 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KITCHEN CREEK
  • PSC - 18 to 68 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

    10

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    1250

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    1803

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    13.9

    22.8

    6.7

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23795
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to moderate coarse granular; soft, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23796
    B21T—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23797
    B22T—33 to 81 centimeters (13.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23798
    B23T—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 medium roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23799
    B31—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 medium roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23800
    B32—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23801
    C—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23802