IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOLSA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971CA059006
  • User Pedon ID: S1971CA059006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971CA059006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43923
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Orange County, California. Between MacArthur and Sunflower, 700 feet west of Harbor, Costa Mesa;
  • 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 Oxyaquic Xerofluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BOLSA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2002
  • 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-73
  • 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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    9.1

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    180

    304

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    16.6

    21.1

    11.6

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    AP—0 to 40 centimeters (0.0 to 15.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00406
    C1—40 to 68 centimeters (15.7 to 26.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 71C00407
    2C2—68 to 92 centimeters (26.8 to 36.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 71C00408
    2C3—92 to 105 centimeters (36.2 to 41.3 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic 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 broken boundary. Lab sample # 71C00409
    3C4—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; sandy loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00410
    4C5—150 to 190 centimeters (59.1 to 74.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 71C00411