IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fallbrook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964CA073006
  • User Pedon ID: S1964CA073006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5293
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42540
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: A soil profile pit located about 1 1/2 miles south and 1 1/2 miles east of Fallbrook in the SW1/4 of the NW1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roy H. Bowman, Gerald Kester
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fallbrook
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/20/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/20/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    209

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    90

    381

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    15.6

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39771
    A12—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39772
    B1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39773
    B21t—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39774
    B22t—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39775
    C1—104 to 157 centimeters (40.9 to 61.8 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly sand; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39776
    C2—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine gravelly sand; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39777