IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PLACENTIA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053015
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2914
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37493
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 36.5677795
  • Std. Longitude: -121.4019470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 85 feet NW from drainageway 280 feet SW into field from Iverson Road, 0.53 mile NW on Iverson from Gloria Road.
  • 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 Natrixeralfs
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PLACENTIA
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Placentia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1965 (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

    3

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    91

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    270

    305

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    14.4

    18.3

    10

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    AP—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22975; dry when described;
    A12—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22976; dry when described;
    B21T—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; clay films and 30 percent clay bridges on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22977; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 186885; continuous - phpvsfiid 186886; continuous - phpvsfiid 186885; continuous - phpvsfiid 186886
    B22T—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films and 30 percent clay bridges in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22978; dry when described;
    B23T—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22979; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 186889; continuous - phpvsfiid 186889
    B31T—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22980; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 186891; continuous - phpvsfiid 186891
    B32T—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22981; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 196605; continuous - phpvsfiid 196605
    B33T—180 to 211 centimeters (70.9 to 83.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22982; dry when described;
    C1—211 to 226 centimeters (83.1 to 89.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A22983; dry when described;. augered to 100 inches without change.
    C2—292 to 305 centimeters (115.0 to 120.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22984; dry when described;
    C3—732 to 732 centimeters (288.2 to 288.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A22985; dry when described;