IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ZAYANTE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA087005
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA087005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA087005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44660
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.0304756
  • Std. Longitude: -122.0329742
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 8,500 feet west of intersection of Glen Canyon and Mt. Hermon roads in Scotts Valley. Located about 1,000 feet north of Lockwood Drive and Graham Hill Road under tree and brush cover.
  • State: California
  • County: CA087—Santa Cruz
  • MLRA: 4B—Coastal Redwood Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA087—Santa Cruz County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Entic Xerumbrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ZAYANTE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zayante
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (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

    2FA

    2GA

    2SD

    2TREE

    ARBUT

    ARCTO3

    CEANO

    LIDE3

    PIPO

    POLYS

    QUVI

    SESE3

    UMCA

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    Arbutus

    Arctostaphylos

    Ceanothus

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Polystichum

    Quercus virginiana

    Sequoia sempervirens

    Umbellularia californica

    Forb, annual

    Grass, annual

    Shrub, deciduous

    Tree

    madrone

    manzanita

    ceanothus

    tanoak

    ponderosa pine

    hollyfern

    live oak

    redwood

    California laurel

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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

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    1333

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    205

    11.9

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    A11—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00177
    A12—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00178
    A13—50 to 76 centimeters (19.7 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00179
    C1—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00180
    C2—122 to 153 centimeters (48.0 to 60.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 73C00181