IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheridan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053025
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053025
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38175
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 36.6022224
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3322220
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: 4.5 miles up Johnson Canyon Road from Armstrong Ranch main gate, 600 feet N. at dirt road, about 150 feet below ridge top. (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, 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 #: 25
  • 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

    27

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    945

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    180

    432

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    15.6

    18.9

    10

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23870; dry when described;. loose layer at top of strong fine granular structure with upper 1/2 inch mixed organic and mineral soil.
    A12—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23871; dry when described;
    A31—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23872; moist when described;
    C1—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; iron stains between sand grains and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23873; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 196593; continuous - phpvsfiid 196593
    C2—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4); massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films and 30 percent iron stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23874; moist when described;. rock structure, difficult to cut or break with hand tools; few large rock joints have thin clay films.
    C3—135 to 183 centimeters (53.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm; 0.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23875; moist when described;. difficult to break with hand tools.