IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HANFORD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053012
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2963
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38092
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Adjacent to south edge at dirt road, 0.7 mile from Old Stage Road, 0.33 mile from intersection Old Stage Road and Chualar Road, Salinas Valley.
  • 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, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerorthents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HANFORD
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hanford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    49

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    270

    305

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    14.4

    18.3

    10

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    AP—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23360; moist when described;
    A12—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23361; moist when described;
    A13—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23362; moist when described;
    A14—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23363; moist when described;
    C1—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23364; moist when described;
    C2—132 to 185 centimeters (52.0 to 72.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23365; moist when described;. 3 clay bands 1/4 inch thick continuous across top 1/2 of horizon 3 inches apart, 3 somewhat weaker and more branched bands lower part.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186914; continuous - phpvsfiid 186914
    C3—185 to 231 centimeters (72.8 to 90.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23366; moist when described;. 3 clay bands about 1/2 inch thick, clay films slightly thicker than in C2, all bands dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) moist.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186906; continuous - phpvsfiid 186906