IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monserate
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CA061010
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CA061010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969CA061010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43609
  • 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: 38.8394432
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3075027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 3.5 miles southwest of Lincoln, 300 yards west of California 65 and 150 feet north of Pleasant Grove Road; 1500 feet west and 150 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Pit located approximately 100 feet from Trigo site (S69CA-31-11).
  • State: California
  • County: CA061—Placer
  • MLRA: 17—Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA620—Placer County, California, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. M. Kennedy, C. B. Goudey.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Haplic Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monserate
  • PSC - 60 to 92 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monserate
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    BROMU

    TRHI4

    Bromus

    Trifolium hirtum

    brome

    rose clover

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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

    4

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    37

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    135

    610

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    16.1

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    AP—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00084
    A12—24 to 46 centimeters (9.4 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00085
    A3—46 to 60 centimeters (18.1 to 23.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00086
    B2T—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges on sand and gravel and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00087
    B3T—80 to 92 centimeters (31.5 to 36.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent clay bridges on sand and gravel; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00088
    C1SIM—92 to 105 centimeters (36.2 to 41.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, very firm, strongly coherent; brittle; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00089
    2C2SIM—105 to 135 centimeters (41.3 to 53.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 69C00090. Siltstone