IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palmview

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2013CA037005

User Pedon ID: S2013CA037005

Vegetation Plot ID: S2013CA037005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 13N56582

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69044

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: 34.0816667

Std. Longitude: -117.9175000

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Palmview Park; West Covina, CA; beyond right field fence of baseball diamond near pavillion

Map Unit: 1002—Urban land-Palmview-Tujunga complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: California

County: CA037—Los Angeles

MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA696—Los Angeles County, California, Southeastern Part

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34117-A8—Baldwin Park, California

PEDON

Describers Name: Randy L Riddle

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerorthents

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Pedon #: 393

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Palmview (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 39 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/9/2014

Classifier - Randy L Riddle

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Palmview

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Haploxerolls

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 4/17/2013

Classifier - Randy L Riddle

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: locally graded human-transported material over young alluvium

Landscape: alluvial plain

Landform: alluvial fan

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: well

Geology: Qyfs formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/14/2010 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - urban and built-up

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	Data Collector	Total Clay	CaCO3 Clay	Total Silt	Fine Silt	Co. Silt	Total Sand	Total Sand Method	VC Sand	Co. Sand	Med. Sand	Fine Sand	VF Sand	VF Sand Method	Texture Class - Field Lab	Rubbed Fiber	Unrubbed Fiber	pH H2O
	cm	cm			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
^A ^Au 2C1 2C2 2C3	0 12 39 115 140	12 39 115 140 200	13N5953 13N5954 13N5955 13N5956 13N5957	— — — — —	12.6 10.5 9.9 9.6 7.7	— — — — —	26.8 26.5 26.3 26.7 21.5	15.2 14.1 13.8 13.8 11.1	11.6 12.4 12.5 12.9 10.4	60.6 63 63.8 63.7 70.8	— — — — —	0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 —	1.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 0.2	11.9 12.8 12.2 12.4 2.3	26.5 28.2 32.1 30.1 19.1	20.7 20.4 18.3 19.7 32.1	— — — — —	l fsl fsl fsl fsl	— — — — —	— — — — —	7.1 7.7 7.8 8.1 8.1

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	pH CaCl2	pH NaF	pH Ox	Delta pH	LL	PL	PI	Atter. Samp. Cond.	COLE	Pot. Acidity	Ca + Mg - Meh 2	K	Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste	KCl Extract. Acidity	Base Sat. - Meh 2	CEC-7	CEC-8.2
	cm	cm						%	%	%		cm/cm	meq/100g	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg	mmol(+)/l	cmol(+)/kg	%	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg
^A ^Au 2C1 2C2 2C3	0 12 39 115 140	12 39 115 140 200	13N5953 13N5954 13N5955 13N5956 13N5957	6.7 7.2 7 7.2 7.3	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —		— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	ECEC	Phosphate P	NO3-N	EC	EC Method	EC 1:5 by volume	CaCO3 Equiv.	Equiv. Gypsum	Na	SAR	Gypsum Req.	Humic Color	Fulvic Color	Humic + Fulvic Color	Al	PI	Pyro. Hue	PyrO. Value	Pyro. Chroma
	cm	cm		cmol(+)/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	dS/m		dS/m	%	%	mmol(+)/l	%	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	%
^A ^Au 2C1 2C2 2C3	0 12 39 115 140	12 39 115 140 200	13N5953 13N5954 13N5955 13N5956 13N5957	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — 0.1 1	0.1 0.1 — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
CYDA	Cynodon dactylon	Bermudagrass	—	—	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
human-transported material ochric epipedon artifacts	0—39 0—12 12—39	—- —12— —-

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
0	—	—	137	—		455	—	320	17	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05953; observed in pit, small. 1% transported angular gravel 2 to 75 mm

^Au—12 to 39 centimeters (4.7 to 15.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 11 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine interstitial and few (1.0) fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 percent by volume brick and 1 percent by volume plastic; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05954; observed in pit, small. 1% transported angular gravels 2 to 75mm

2C1—39 to 115 centimeters (15.4 to 45.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 99 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; common (6.0) very fine interstitial and few (1.0) fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05955; observed in pit, small

2C2—115 to 140 centimeters (45.3 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 10 percent clay; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05956; observed in pit, small

2C3—140 to 200 centimeters (55.1 to 78.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume rounded indurated 2-5-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 13N05957; observed in auger, bucket