IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Azuvina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014CA037003
  • User Pedon ID: S2014CA037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2014CA037003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0534
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79461
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 34.0110833
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1155278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Montebello City Park, Montebello, CA in front lawn 50 feet east of Park St, 200 feet south of Whittier Blvd.
  • Map Unit: 1138—Urban land-Azuvina-Montebello complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA696—Los Angeles County, California, Southeastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34118-A1—El Monte, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Randy L Riddle, Beverly Harben, Kit Paris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Azuvina (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2016
  • Classifier - Randy L Riddle
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Argixerolls
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/2016
  • Classifier - Randy L Riddle
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: localized human-transported material over old alluvium derived from granite
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/22/2014 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    anthropic epipedon

    mollic epipedon

    human-transported material

    argillic horizon

    0—35

    0—35

    0—35

    35—200

    —60—

    —-

    —-

    —165—
    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

    3.5

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    57

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    200

    356

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    320

    17

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    18

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    ^A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume angular 6-37-75 millimeter granite fragments and 1 percent by volume angular 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N03407. angular gravels are from roadbase
    ^A2—13 to 35 centimeters (5.1 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 43 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine tubular and few medium tubular pores; 2 percent by volume angular 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N03408. angular gravels are from roadbase
    2Bt1—35 to 60 centimeters (13.8 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 43 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine tubular and few medium tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N03409
    2Bt2—60 to 110 centimeters (23.6 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 47 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N03410
    2BCt1—110 to 145 centimeters (43.3 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N03411
    2BCt2—145 to 200 centimeters (57.1 to 78.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable by silica, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine tubular pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented silica masses throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-37-75 millimeter granite fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N03412