IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BEN LOMOND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA087003
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA087003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA087003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44658
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: Lot 76, Los Cumbres. South-southeast of office about 200 feet below road. Below an abandoned chicken house. SW 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Santa Cruz County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA087—Santa Cruz
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA087—Santa Cruz County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BEN LOMOND
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ben Lomond
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountainous upland
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • 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: 2-150A
  • 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

    ABGR

    ARBUT

    KALMI

    QUERC

    Abies grandis

    Arbutus

    Kalmia

    Quercus

    grand fir

    madrone

    laurel

    oak

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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

    55

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    804.6

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    90

    1270

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    12.7

    20.5

    5

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    A11—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00163
    A12—12 to 30 centimeters (4.7 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00164
    B1T—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 14 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00165
    B21T—45 to 76 centimeters (17.7 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00166
    B22T—76 to 92 centimeters (29.9 to 36.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 30 percent clay films on rock fragments; 8 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00167
    B3T—92 to 137 centimeters (36.2 to 53.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains and brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00168
    C—137 to 145 centimeters (53.9 to 57.1 inches); bedrock; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # 73C00169