IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheridan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053026
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38176
  • 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: 36.6013870
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3327789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SW corner NE1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: 4.5 miles up Johnson Canyon Road from Armstrong Ranch main gate, 600 feet north of dirt road. (16" rainfall, inland, grass, north 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 #: 26
  • 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

  • Landform: ridge
  • 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

    AMSIN

    Amsinckia

    fiddleneck

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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

    34

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    945

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    0

    432

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    15.6

    18.9

    10

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    A11—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium 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; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23876; dry when described;
    A12—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23877; moist when described;
    A13—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; strong medium granular 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; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23878; moist when described;
    A14—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23879; moist when described;. considerable rodent activity and mixing, 20 to 30 percent upper A soil material.
    C1—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent iron stains and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23880; moist when described;. has rock structure and is easily cut with hand tools.
    C2—137 to 173 centimeters (53.9 to 68.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A23881; moist when described;. black and white clean decomposed diorite, easily cut with hand tools.