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
—
—
—
—
—
—
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^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