IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arlington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966CA073003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966CA073003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966CA073003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2985
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38114
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 32.8341675
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1377792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet west and 750 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Miramar Transect No. 1, station 44.1.
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Borst, David Estrada, Gerald Kester, Reuben Nelson, and Dennis Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Durochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arlington
  • PSC - 28 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arlington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat, marine terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/1966 (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

    ERSM

    Eriogonum smithii

    flat-top buckwheat

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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

    1

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    133

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    254

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    12.8

    20

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23497; dry when described;
    A12—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23498; dry when described;
    A2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23499; dry when described;
    B1—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23500; dry when described;. few thin colloid stains on mineral grains.
    B2TSIM—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; strong medium angular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23501; dry when described;
    2B31SIM—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravel; massive; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23502; dry when described;
    3B32SIM—61 to 147 centimeters (24.0 to 57.9 inches); Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23503; dry when described;. very cobbly duripan; massive; indurated, but somewhat weaker than above.