IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARBUCKLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973CA079002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973CA079002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973CA079002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44664
  • Print Date: 5/6/2024

    • 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: 35.7572212
  • Std. Longitude: -120.8141632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 2,000 feet west and 2,300 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: San Luis Obispo County, California (Paso Robles Area). grid number F5-M8; and about 0.1 miles southwest from the River Road and Tower Road intersection at Camp Roberts.
  • State: California
  • County: CA079—San Luis Obispo
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA665—San Luis Obispo County, California, Paso Robles Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARBUCKLE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arbuckle
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: nearly level terrace
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2-9
  • 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

    ALOPE

    BRHOH

    ERODI

    LUPIN

    MEHI

    QUDO

    Alopecurus

    Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus

    Erodium

    Lupinus

    Medicago hispida

    Quercus douglasii

    foxtail

    soft brome

    stork's bill

    lupine

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    blue oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

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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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    192

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    305

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    15.5

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    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00202; observed in pit, small
    B1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00203; observed in pit, small
    B21T—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00204; observed in pit, small
    B22T—74 to 110 centimeters (29.1 to 43.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00205; observed in pit, small
    B23T—110 to 135 centimeters (43.3 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00206; observed in pit, small
    B3T—135 to 158 centimeters (53.1 to 62.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00207; observed in pit, small
    C—158 to 170 centimeters (62.2 to 66.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 73C00208; observed in pit, small