IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): REDDING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966CA073002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966CA073002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966CA073002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2847
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37426
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • 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: 32.8341675
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1377792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet west and 750 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Miramar Transect No. 1, station 33.0.
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Borst, David Estrada, Gerald Kester, Reuben Nelson and Dennis Nettleton.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Abruptic Durixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - REDDING
  • PSC - 46 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Redding
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/1966 (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

    ERSM

    Eriogonum smithii

    flat-top buckwheat

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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

    1

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    133

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    254

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    20

    12.8

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22475; dry when described;
    A2—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22476; dry when described;
    B1—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22477; dry when described;
    B2t—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22478; dry when described;
    B31sim—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; strong fine angular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22479; dry when described;. Duripan; indurated.
    B32sim—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; massive; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22480; dry when described;. Duripan; indurated.