IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Botella

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1976CA083002

User Pedon ID: 76CA083002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 80P0063

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47293

Print Date: 11/24/2024

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: 34.6480446

Std. Longitude: -120.2351227

Datum: WGS84

Township: 7N

Range: 32W

Section: 34

PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Location Description: 4 km E of Los Alamos; 1 km N of US Hwy 101; .3 km NW;

State: California

County: CA083—Santa Barbara

PEDON

Describers Name: GES/LCL/RWK

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argixerolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Botella

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Moisture Class - xeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Botella

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons

Landform: alluvial fan

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: very poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

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
8	—	—	8	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); N 5/2 (N 5/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00278. common very fine roots

1B1t—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); N 5/2 (N 5/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00279. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots

1B21t—25 to 69 centimeters (9.8 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00280. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots

1B22t—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00281. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots

2B32t—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00282. Many very fine interstitial pores.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common black stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots

2B32t—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00283. many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots

2C—155 to 193 centimeters (61.0 to 76.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots