IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kitchen Creek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960CA073004
  • User Pedon ID: S1960CA073004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38165
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 33.2011108
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5041656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 1,000 feet southeast of center
  • Location Description: 800 feet east of private road along center of sec. 19, and 3,400 feet south 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kitchen Creek
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kitchen Creek
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1960 (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

    12

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    1219

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    432

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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); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23803
    A12—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23804
    A13—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23805
    C1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; between sand grains and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23806
    C2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; between sand grains and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23807
    C3—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) and black (10YR 2/1), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23808
    C4—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and black (10YR 2/1), moist; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23809