IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KITCHEN CREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA073004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA073004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38166
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.7247238
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3522186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 800 feet southwest of east 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: in Campo Indian Reservation.
  • 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, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • 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 - 1/20/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/20/1961 (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

    5

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    1390

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    381

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    14.4

    23.3

    9.4

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23810
    A12—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23811
    A13—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23812
    B1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23813
    B2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23814
    B3—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23815
    C11—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23816
    C2—170 to 185 centimeters (66.9 to 72.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23817