IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SANTA LUCIA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA079009
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA079009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA079009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44671
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 35.2777786
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8763885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2,750 feet south and 2,100 feet east of SW corner;
  • Location Description: San Luis Obispo County, California - Coastal Part; Montana de Oro State Park. About 30 feet north of dirt road on north side of Islay Creek, about 1.1 miles east of Pecho Road.
  • State: California
  • County: CA079—San Luis Obispo
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA664—San Luis Obispo County, California, Coastal Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SANTA LUCIA
  • PSC - 25 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Santa Lucia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: moderately steep upland
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2KK-136
  • 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

    AVFA

    BRRI8

    QUWIF

    Avena fatua

    Bromus rigidus

    Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens

    wild oat

    ripgut brome

    interior live oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    lithic contact

    91—122

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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

    20

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    61

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    180

    381

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    13.8

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    A11—0 to 43 centimeters (0.0 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; very cobbly loam; moderate very fine granular, and moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 73C00245; observed in trench
    A12—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly loam; 32 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 73C00246; observed in trench
    R—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very cobbly loam; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00247; observed in trench