IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAN ANDREAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38172
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 36.3158340
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0722198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 10 miles NE of King City on Montgomery Ranch, 300 feet due west from Pinalito VABM, about 75 feet down from ridge tope. (Site #1 North Slope).
  • State: California
  • County: CA053—Monterey
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA053—Monterey County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lewis C. Leifer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAN ANDREAS
  • PSC - 25 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - San Andreas
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BRRU2

    Bromus rubens

    red brome

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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

    50

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    457

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    0

    356

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    15.6

    19.4

    14.4

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 28 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23857; moist when described;. top 1/2 inch is dark gray and black with many fine partially decayed fragments of twigs and leaves.
    A12—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 28 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23858; moist when described;