Highpeake soil series
A representative soil profile of the Highpeaks series. (Soil Survey of Pinnacles National Monument, California; by Ken Oster, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Highpeaks series consists of shallow to a lithic contact, well drained soils that formed in residuum weathered from igneous rocks. The Highpeaks soils are on hills. Slopes range from 35 to 70 percent. These soils formed in residuum weathered from rhyolite and andesite. The Highpeaks soils are on hills. The mean annual precipitation is about 17 inches (432 millimeters) and the mean annual air temperature is about 61 degrees F (16 degrees C).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Lithic Haploxerolls
Depth to bedrock: 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters)
Mean annual soil temperature: 60 to 63 degrees F (16 to 17 degrees C).
Soil moisture: Soil is dry from mid-June through mid-November.
Particle size control section: clay content averages 15 to 25 percent; rock fragments average 35 to 75 percent, mostly gravel
Base saturation by ammonium acetate: 89 to 98 percent.
USE AND VEGETATION: This soil is used for watershed, wildlife habitat and recreation. Vegetation is mixed chaparral.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: San Benito and Monterey Counties, California in MLRA 15, Central California Coast Range. These soils are of small extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/CA7...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/H/HIGHPEAKS.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#highpeaks
Highpeake soil series
A representative soil profile of the Highpeaks series. (Soil Survey of Pinnacles National Monument, California; by Ken Oster, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Highpeaks series consists of shallow to a lithic contact, well drained soils that formed in residuum weathered from igneous rocks. The Highpeaks soils are on hills. Slopes range from 35 to 70 percent. These soils formed in residuum weathered from rhyolite and andesite. The Highpeaks soils are on hills. The mean annual precipitation is about 17 inches (432 millimeters) and the mean annual air temperature is about 61 degrees F (16 degrees C).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Lithic Haploxerolls
Depth to bedrock: 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters)
Mean annual soil temperature: 60 to 63 degrees F (16 to 17 degrees C).
Soil moisture: Soil is dry from mid-June through mid-November.
Particle size control section: clay content averages 15 to 25 percent; rock fragments average 35 to 75 percent, mostly gravel
Base saturation by ammonium acetate: 89 to 98 percent.
USE AND VEGETATION: This soil is used for watershed, wildlife habitat and recreation. Vegetation is mixed chaparral.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: San Benito and Monterey Counties, California in MLRA 15, Central California Coast Range. These soils are of small extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/CA7...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/H/HIGHPEAKS.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#highpeaks