IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Steinbeck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA097004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA097004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2875
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37454
  • 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: 38.3247223
  • Std. Longitude: -122.9449997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: Near center of NE1/4
  • Location Description: (Coronet Ranch) 390 feet south of Valley Ford cutoff road, 5180 feet west of junction with Freestone - Valley Ford Road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA097—Sonoma
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA097—Sonoma County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinbeck
  • PSC - 89 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinbeck
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1961 (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

    9

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    49

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    270

    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 gray (10YR 4/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive parts to very fine and fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22672
    A1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loam; massive parts to very fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22673
    A21—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22674
    A22—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22675
    B21t—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak very coarse prismatic; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22676. continuous - phpvsfiid 196781; continuous - phpvsfiid 196781
    B22t—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse prismatic; hard when dry, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22677. continuous - phpvsfiid 196782; continuous - phpvsfiid 196782
    B3—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 discontinuous tubular pores; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22678. Some clam shell imprints are evident.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196778; continuous - phpvsfiid 196778