IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zaca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976CA037109
  • User Pedon ID: S1976CA037109
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3375
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38490
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 34.5666656
  • Std. Longitude: -118.6891632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4,SW1/4,NE1/4
  • Location Description: Paradise Ranch, Saugus Ranger District
  • State: California
  • County: CA037—Los Angeles
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA776—Angeles National Forest Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Ryan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 109
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zaca
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale
  • Landform: canyon
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Geology: Pliocene Non Marine formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    paralithic contact

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    69—

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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

    34

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    762

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    315

    483

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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26236
    C1—28 to 69 centimeters (11.0 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; gravelly clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 17 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26237
    Cr—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26238