IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chicote
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA079006
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA079006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0529
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54773
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 35.2780571
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9008331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: California Valley. 92 feet south (165 deg) of intersection Arrowhead Trail and Bonsall Road
  • State: California
  • County: CA079—San Luis Obispo
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EV, KW, PJ
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chicote
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Natrixeralfs
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/8/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02909
    Bt—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02910
    Bty1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches);, weak red (2.5YR 5/2), moist; clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02911
    Bty2—46 to 99 centimeters (18.1 to 39.0 inches);, weak red (2.5YR 5/2), moist; clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02912
    Bty3—99 to 155 centimeters (39.0 to 61.0 inches);, light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 84P02913