IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHUALAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053013
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0223
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32752
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 36.5800018
  • Std. Longitude: -121.5072250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.45 mile SW on Chualar Road form Old Stage Road to pumphouse on north side of road, 830 feet northwest on dirt road, 20 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 Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHUALAR
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: 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
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    PHASE

    Phaseolus

    bean

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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

    1

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    55

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    270

    305

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    14.4

    18.3

    10

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01661; moist when described;
    A12—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01662; moist when described;
    B1T—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01663; moist when described;. considerable rodent activity.
    B21T—76 to 110 centimeters (29.9 to 43.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay bridges in root channels and/or pores; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01664; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 186909; continuous - phpvsfiid 186909
    B22T—110 to 140 centimeters (43.3 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent clay bridges; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01665; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 186900; continuous - phpvsfiid 186900
    B3—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films; 23 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01666; moist when described;
    2C—150 to 205 centimeters (59.1 to 80.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly coarse sand; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01667; moist when described;