IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crouch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CA073006
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CA073006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CA073006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38198
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 33.1063881
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5888901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 500 feet south of north 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: about 2 miles north-northeast of Julian.
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Borst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crouch
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crouch
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/25/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    CHAMA4

    QUERC

    Chamaecyparis

    Quercus

    cedar

    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

    40

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    1372

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    965

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    11.7

    21.1

    3.9

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24019
    A12—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24020
    A3—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24021
    B1—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24022
    B2—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 75 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24023
    B31—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 75 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24024
    B32—178 to 224 centimeters (70.1 to 88.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24025