IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheridan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053020
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38173
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 36.3588905
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8727798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NE corner, NW1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: about 3.5 miles on old Coast Road from Bixby Bridge on Hwy. 1, 1 mile up Rancho Calera Road from Old Coast Road, on Rancho Calera.
  • 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, superactive, thermic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheridan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheridan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1965
  • 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: 5/25/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    SAME3

    TOXIC

    Salvia mellifera

    Toxicodendron

    black sage

    poison oak

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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

    52

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    427

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    180

    1016

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    15

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23859; dry when described;
    A12—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23860; moist when described;
    A13—30 to 63 centimeters (11.8 to 24.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23861; moist when described;
    A14—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23862; moist when described;. considerable rock fragments.
    C1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23863; moist when described;
    C2—112 to 150 centimeters (44.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23864; moist when described;. a few rodent holes filled with A1 material.