IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caperton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976CA037101
  • User Pedon ID: S1976CA037101
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976CA037101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38465
  • 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: 34.4533348
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1141663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: Center NW1/4,SW1/4
  • Location Description: Kentucky Springs-4N10 Road, Tujunga Ranger District
  • Map Unit: 54—Caperton-Trigo, granitic substratum-Lodo families complex, 50 to 85 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA037—Los Angeles
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA776—Angeles National Forest Area, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34118-D2—Acton, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Ryan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Xerorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 101
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Caperton
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caperton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: granite
  • Landform: canyon
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Geology: Pegr formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ADENO2

    AGGI2

    ERIOG

    YUCCA

    Adenostoma

    Agrostis gigantea

    Eriogonum

    Yucca

    chamise

    redtop

    buckwheat

    yucca

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

    mollic epipedon

    paralithic contact

    0—28

    51—

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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

    50

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    1128

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    90

    279

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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 4 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26121
    Cr—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26122