IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CROUCH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA073007
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA073007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA073007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3070
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38199
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 33.1105537
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6047211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 900 feet northeast of south 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: about 2 miles north of Julian.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CROUCH
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crouch
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/25/1961 (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
    • 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

    35

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    1250

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    965

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    11.7

    21.1

    3.9

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak very 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, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24026. highly micaceous
    A12—10 to 48 centimeters (3.9 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24027. highly micaceous
    A3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24028. highly micaceous
    B1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24029. highly micaceous
    B21—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24030. highly micaceous
    B22—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24031. highly micaceous
    B23—155 to 185 centimeters (61.0 to 72.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24032. highly micaceous
    B3—185 to 231 centimeters (72.8 to 90.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24033