IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caperton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976CA037112
  • User Pedon ID: S1976CA037112
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3377
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38492
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 34.3655548
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3605576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4,NW1/4,NW1/4
  • Location Description: Spur road off 3N17, Tujunga 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: Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Entic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 112
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caperton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Entic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    70

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    1006

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    338

    635

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    A1—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26242
    C1—19 to 46 centimeters (7.5 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26243
    Cr2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26244