IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Modjeska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971CA059011
  • User Pedon ID: S1971CA059011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971CA059011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43933
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 33.6413879
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5986099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: Rancho Mission Viejo, westside Plano Trabuco and north of large hill; NW 1/4, NW 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33117-E6—San Juan Capistrano, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Modjeska
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Modjeska
  • Classificaton Date - 12/20/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/20/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AXK-5K155
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    HORDE

    Hordeum

    barley

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

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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

    1

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    283.5

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    180

    406

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    16.6

    22.2

    11.1

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    AP—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00472
    A12—12 to 35 centimeters (4.7 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00473
    B21T—35 to 70 centimeters (13.8 to 27.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; very cobbly loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00474
    B22T—70 to 118 centimeters (27.6 to 46.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; very cobbly loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00475
    B3T—118 to 160 centimeters (46.5 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00476
    C—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # 71C00477