IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Felton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA073001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA073001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38167
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.0177765
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6380539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: About 1,350 feet southwest of northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 1,000 feet north-northwest of Pine Hills Guard Station.
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Borst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Felton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Felton
  • Classificaton Date - 1/17/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/17/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARCTO3

    Arctostaphylos

    manzanita

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    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

    16

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    1128

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    965

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    11.7

    21.1

    3.9

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23818. highly micaceous
    A12—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23819. highly micaceous.
    A3—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23820. highly micaceous.
    B21—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23821. highly micaceous.
    B22—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, and 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23822. highly micaceous. This horizon contains numerous inclusions of the underlying material.
    B3—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23823. highly micaceous.
    C1—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and gray (10YR 5/1), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loamy coarse sand; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23824. highly micaceous.