IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rudder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: CA03688SC45
  • User Pedon ID: S2004CA083006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17024
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 33.9994431
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8218613
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 321—Rudder-Spinnaker, moist-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA083—Santa Barbara
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA688—Channel Islands Area, California, Parts of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AW,JB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rudder
  • PSC - 37 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rudder
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 75cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    8—23

    37—75

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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

    32

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    —

    287

    —

    457

    —

    340

    16.5

    —

    13.3

    17.5

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 05N00495
    Oe—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 05N00496
    A1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00497
    A2—23 to 37 centimeters (9.1 to 14.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00498
    Bt1—37 to 50 centimeters (14.6 to 19.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; gravelly clay; 45 percent sand; 41 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine clay bodies on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00499
    Bt2—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine clay bodies on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # 05N00500
    Cr—75 to 76 centimeters (29.5 to 29.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.