IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOSANKO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971CA059013
  • User Pedon ID: S1971CA059013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971CA059013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43920
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Orange County, California. Rancho Mission Viejo.
  • 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: Fine, smectitic Aridic Haploxererts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BOSANKO
  • PSC - 25 to 90 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/21/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bosanko
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: moderately steep upland
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AXK-3K113
  • 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

    HORDE

    Hordeum

    barley

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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

    25

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    292.6

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    315

    432

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    16.6

    22.2

    11.1

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    AP—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00387
    A12—5 to 40 centimeters (2.0 to 15.7 inches); 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0), 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0), moist; clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00388
    A13—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0), 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0), moist; clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00389
    AC—65 to 90 centimeters (25.6 to 35.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), black (10YR 2/1) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 15 percent by volume shale, clayey fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00390
    C1—90 to 130 centimeters (35.4 to 51.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; bedrock; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00391
    C2—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; bedrock; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 71C00392