IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAN ANDREAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053028
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3049
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38178
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 36.4447212
  • Std. Longitude: -121.2486115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet west of S1/4 corner of SE1/4
  • Location Description: 6 miles on road to Pinnacles from Soledad.
  • State: California
  • County: CA053—Monterey
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA053—Monterey County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lewis C. Leifer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAN ANDREAS
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - San Andreas
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/27/1965 (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

    BRRU2

    Bromus rubens

    red brome

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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

    30

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    457

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    0

    254

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    18.3

    21.1

    12.8

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy clay loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23889; dry when described;. thin layer of fine gravel covers 1/2 of surface.
    A12—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23890; dry when described;. vertical joints darkened by organic material.
    B2—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23891; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 186852; continuous - phpvsfiid 186852
    B3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23892; dry when described;. few thin clay films in bridges and common colloidal stains; B3 is an indistinct transition between B2 and C.
    C—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A23893; dry when described;. Clean decomposed diorite with common colloidal stains upper part, rock structure, can be dug with hand tools with difficulty, becomes lithic contact at 36 inches.