IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bolsa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971CA059004
  • User Pedon ID: S1971CA059004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971CA059004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43922
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 33.6577797
  • Std. Longitude: -117.9713898
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NW corner of Magnolia and Atlanta Ave., Huntington Beach. SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Orange County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA059—Orange
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA678—Orange County and Part of Riverside County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Aquic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bolsa
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bolsa
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: nearly level flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AXK-6K-55
  • 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

    GALIU

    Galium

    bedstraw

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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

    0.5

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    1.5

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    180

    304

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    16.6

    21.1

    11.6

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    AP1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00398
    AP2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00399
    C1—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00400
    C2—45 to 74 centimeters (17.7 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00401
    C3—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fine threadlike salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00402
    C4—100 to 125 centimeters (39.4 to 49.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fine threadlike salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00403
    C5—125 to 140 centimeters (49.2 to 55.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fine threadlike salt masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00404
    C6—140 to 175 centimeters (55.1 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine platy structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine pores; fine threadlike salt masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 71C00405