IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tujunga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013CA037007
  • User Pedon ID: S2013CA037007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N56584
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72841
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 34.1606667
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3821667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Valley Village Park, Los Angeles City Parks, Valley Village, Los Angeles, CA. 50 ft east of road near the intersection at Morrison Dr near two Sycamore trees..
  • Map Unit: 1012—Urban land-Tujunga-Typic Xerorthents, sandy substratum complex, 0 to 2 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: Mixed, thermic Typic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tujunga (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/2016
  • Classifier - Randy L Riddle
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tujunga
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Xeropsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2013
  • 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: graded human-transported material over young alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/2013 (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

    human-transported material

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—21

    0—4

    21—

    —-

    —-

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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

    3

    —

    —

    192

    —

    455

    —

    320

    17

    —

    —

    19

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    ^A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N05964
    ^C1—4 to 21 centimeters (1.6 to 8.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) very coarse roots; common (2.0) very fine tubular and few (1.0) medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05965
    2C2—21 to 70 centimeters (8.3 to 27.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sand; 93 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 76-163-250 millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 6-37-75 millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N05966
    2C3—70 to 125 centimeters (27.6 to 49.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; 86 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots; 2 percent by volume subrounded 6-37-75 millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 13N05967
    2C4—125 to 200 centimeters (49.2 to 78.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 82 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 13N05968