IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHUALAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053017
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38148
  • 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: 36.5066681
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3902740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.35 mile northwest from Gloria Road, 0.57 mile along Gloria Road from Iverson Road, 20 feet southwest into field form dirt 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHUALAR
  • PSC - 89 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chualar
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1965 (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

    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

    137

    305

    14.4

    18.3

    10

    AP1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23690; moist when described;
    AP2—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23691; moist when described;
    A13—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23692; moist when described;
    A3—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23693; moist when described;
    B1T—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23694; moist when described;. horizon feels somewhat brittle.
    B21T—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 75 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23695; moist when described;
    B22T—147 to 201 centimeters (57.9 to 79.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges in root channels and/or pores 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 # 40A23696; moist when described;
    C1—201 to 267 centimeters (79.1 to 105.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A23697; moist when described;. sampled and examined by auger.
    C2—267 to 290 centimeters (105.1 to 114.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23698; moist when described;. examination and description primarily from auger sample.