IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheridan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053023
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38174
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.5930557
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3480530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: Center NE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 3.5 miles up Johnson Canyon Road from Armstrong Ranch main gate. (16" rainfall, inland, grass, south slope).
  • 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 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 #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheridan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheridan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1965
  • 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: 5/26/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    LUPIN

    Lupinus

    lupine

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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

    20

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    869

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    180

    432

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    15.6

    18.9

    10

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 17 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23865; dry when described;. Surface 1/2 inch soft and much darkened by organic matter, horizon somewhat compacted by trampling, 17 percent fine gravel by volume and 40 percent coarse sand.
    A12—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine gravelly loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23866; moist when described;
    A13—46 to 89 centimeters (18.1 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine gravelly loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and fine and medium tubular pores; 16 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23867; moist when described;
    C1—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent iron stains between sand grains; 16 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23868; moist when described;
    C2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; 0.0 roots; 13 percent by volume 2-?-29 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A23869; moist when described;. There are no roots, no clay films, but there are a few colloidal stains on grains; 20 percent of the soil horizon is made up of A1 soil material that has filled rodent tunnels.