IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palmview
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: graded
  • User Site ID: S2013CA037006
  • User Pedon ID: S2013CA037006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N56583
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73017
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 34.1778441
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3815215
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Maurice Sendak Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA. In center of grassy ballfield 100 ft south of Tiara Park.
  • 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: 34118-B3—Burbank, California
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RLR, KP, BH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, spolic, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Anthraltic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 658
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Palmview
  • PSC - 25 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2014
  • Classifier - Randy L Riddle
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palmview
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • 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
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/20/2012 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    anthropic epipedon

    human-transported material

    0—64

    0—64

    —-

    —-

    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

    1

    200

    455

    320

    17

    19

    ^Au1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 8 percent clay; moderate medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; common (3.0) very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume angular 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; 1 percent by volume glass and 2 percent by volume brick; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05958
    ^Au2—10 to 64 centimeters (3.9 to 25.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 6 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy, and massive; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots; few (1.0) very fine interstitial pores; 12 percent by volume angular 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; 1 percent by volume glass and 1 percent by volume paper and 2 percent by volume brick and 3 percent by volume concrete; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05959. compacted horizon
    C1—64 to 80 centimeters (25.2 to 31.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 3 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) fine roots; few (1.0) very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05960
    C2—80 to 123 centimeters (31.5 to 48.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) fine roots; few (1.0) very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05961
    C3—123 to 165 centimeters (48.4 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sand; 91 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05962
    C4—165 to 200 centimeters (65.0 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sand; 95 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 14 percent by volume rounded 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 13N05963