IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SALINAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053011
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38191
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.5513878
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5044479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.3 mile south of Chualar (town) underpass on Highway 101, 1100 feet southwest on paved road, 600 feet southeast on Farm Road, about 30 feet northeast into field.
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SALINAS
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salinas
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    1

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    30

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    305

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    14.4

    18.3

    10

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    AP1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23972; dry when described;
    AP2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23973; moist when described;
    A13—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23974; moist when described;. some dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2m) lumps and mottles, probably due to rodent activity, increasing with depth.
    A14—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23975; moist when described;. this horizon and all following horizons have about 10 to 15 percent of the area in krotovinas that have been filled with darker soil material, probably caused by rodents.
    A15—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23976; moist when described;. about 5 percent of the root channels of the A15, C1, and C2 are filled with darker soil material.
    C1—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23977; moist when described;
    C2—124 to 190 centimeters (48.8 to 74.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23978; moist when described;