IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Steinbeck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA097003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA097003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2871
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37450
  • 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: 38.3527794
  • Std. Longitude: -122.9561081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: Northwest corner of SE1/4, NW1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: 41 degrees and 1800 feet from junction of Joy Woods Road and Bodega Highway.
  • State: California
  • County: CA097—Sonoma
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA097—Sonoma County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinbeck
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinbeck
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    5

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    90

    635

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    14.4

    18.9

    8.3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to very fine and fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22640
    A1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak very fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22641
    A21—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22642
    A22—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22643
    B21t—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22644
    B22t—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22645. Many old root channels; incipient cementation in a few thin small lenses in this horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196784; continuous - phpvsfiid 196784
    B23t—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22646
    C1—163 to 180 centimeters (64.2 to 70.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse prismatic; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22647. Water seeping in at lower boundary.
    C2orR—180 to 193 centimeters (70.9 to 76.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct and 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; hard when dry, very firm, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; iron stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A22648. Iron stains occur in streaks.