IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962CA083011
  • User Pedon ID: S1962CA083011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962CA083011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38189
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 34.8172226
  • Std. Longitude: -120.3516693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: center
  • Location Description: Latitude 34 deg 48 min 62 sec N., Longitude 120 deg 21 min 06 sec W. from just north of Solomon Summit 1-1/2 miles south on Union Oil Company road and 750 feet east; 11 miles southeast of Santa Maria; field sheet 2B108.
  • State: California
  • County: CA083—Santa Barbara
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA672—Northern Santa Barbara Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. C. Leifer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Calcic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Linne
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linne
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1962 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MEPO3

    Medicago polymorpha

    burclover

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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

    22

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    259

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    45

    381

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    13.9

    16.1

    10

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23959; moist when described;
    A12—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23960; moist when described;. disseminated lime and some fine lime filaments especially on faces of larger peds.
    A13—36 to 74 centimeters (14.2 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23961; moist when described;. disseminated lime and fine lime filaments especially on faces of larger peds.
    AC—74 to 81 centimeters (29.1 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky parts to coarse granular; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23962; moist when described;. disseminated lime and many distinct lime filaments.
    C1CA—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); white (N 8/0) and white (10YR 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; fine sandy loam; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23963; moist when described;. this horizon somewhat discontinuous and variable in thickness, also broken by squirrel holes.
    C2—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); white (N 8/0), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), moist; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.1 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23964; moist when described;