IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BAYWOOD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA087007
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA087007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA087007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44662
  • 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: 36.9180565
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8511124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Santa Cruz County, California. 0.71 mile west and 0.11 miles north from intersection of Buena Vista and San Andreas roads. From intersection of Crest Drive and San Andreas Road, is 0.17 mile west-southwest on Crest Drive, 0.246 miles northwest and 0.208 mile west-southwest on farm road, 0.038 mile north-northwest up private driveway and 40 feet west of driveway in a field.
  • 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: Sandy, mixed Entic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BAYWOOD
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baywood
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace, bench
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FA

    2GA

    QUAG

    QUWIF

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    Quercus agrifolia

    Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens

    Forb, annual

    Grass, annual

    California live oak

    interior live 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

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    26

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    698

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    260

    13.8

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00189
    A12—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00190
    C1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00191
    C2—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00192
    C3—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00193
    C4—142 to 155 centimeters (55.9 to 61.0 inches); variegated very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # 73C00194