IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OCEANO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962CA083001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962CA083001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2971
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38100
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 34.8952789
  • Std. Longitude: -120.4111099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: Central SE1/4 of NW1/4
  • Location Description: 3.7 airline miles south, southeast of center of Santa Maria.
  • State: California
  • County: CA083—Santa Barbara
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA672—Northern Santa Barbara Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. C. Leifer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Lamellic Xeropsamments
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - OCEANO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oceano
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: dune
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/13/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    5

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    122

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    225

    356

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    13.9

    17.2

    10

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23403; moist when described;
    A12—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23404; moist when described;
    A13—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23405; moist when described;
    AC—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.1 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23406; moist when described;
    C1—51 to 99 centimeters (20.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.1 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23407; moist when described;
    C2—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23408; moist when described;. several weak 1/8 inch thick lamellae (7.5YR 4/4m 5/4d) slightly hard, somewhat branched, upper lamella bends up into Cl; slightly more firm and more harsh than C1.
    C3—140 to 190 centimeters (55.1 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23409; moist when described;. horizon of maximum lamellae 1/4 inch thick, hard when dry, two continuous, several discontinuous lamellae, similar in color to lamellae above; black specks 1 to 5 mm manganese (?) about 1 percent mass.
    C4—190 to 229 centimeters (74.8 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23410; moist when described;. weak lamellae 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch thick, discontinuous, slightly wavy, sand grains very thinly coated; slightly more coarse than C3.