IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BEN LOMOND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA087006
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA087006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA087006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44661
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: About 1.15 miles northward from Alba Road and about 200 feet westward from center of Empire Grade; and about 30 feet westward from junction of two trails. NE 1/4 of SE 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 #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BEN LOMOND
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    2SD

    ARBUT

    QUERC

    SESE3

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    Arbutus

    Quercus

    Sequoia sempervirens

    Shrub, deciduous

    madrone

    oak

    redwood

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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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    762

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    1397

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    250

    13.3

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00182
    A12—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00183
    A13—28 to 49 centimeters (11.0 to 19.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00184
    A14—49 to 73 centimeters (19.3 to 28.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00185
    B1—73 to 88 centimeters (28.7 to 34.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00186
    B2—88 to 102 centimeters (34.6 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00187
    C—102 to 170 centimeters (40.2 to 66.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; bedrock; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # 73C00188