IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015CA037004
  • User Pedon ID: S2015CA037004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0542
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79663
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 33.8291389
  • Std. Longitude: -118.3733333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hopkins Wilderness Park camping area in Redondo Beach, CA. Old stabalized dune area with heavy irrigation to support non-native shrubby/tree vegeation for campers.
  • Map Unit: 1152—Urban land-Abaft-Marina complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA037—Los Angeles
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-TEM—Templeton, California
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA696—Los Angeles County, California, Southeastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33118-G3—Torrance, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Randy L Riddle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Lamellic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marina
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/2016
  • Classifier - Randy L Riddle
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marina
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Lamellic Xeropsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2015
  • Classifier - Randy L Riddle
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stabalized dune
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/2/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—7

    7—200

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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

    6

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    59

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (6.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) medium roots and few (1.0) fine roots; common (5.0) very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02888
    EandBt1—7 to 27 centimeters (2.8 to 10.6 inches); 10Y 4/3 (10Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; common (3.0) very fine irregular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas and 2 percent lamellae (volume percent); 5 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02889. clay bridging in lamellae only
    EandBt2—27 to 61 centimeters (10.6 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sand, loamy sand; single grain, and moderate thick platy; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; many (6.0) very fine irregular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 10 percent lamellae (volume percent); 25 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02890. clay bridging in lamellae only
    EandBt3—61 to 140 centimeters (24.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand, loamy sand; single grain, and strong thick platy; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots; common (2.0) very fine irregular pores; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 25 percent lamellae (volume percent); 75 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02892, 15N02891. clay bridging in lamellae only
    EandBt4—140 to 200 centimeters (55.1 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand, loamy sand; single grain, and strong thick platy; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 30 percent lamellae (volume percent); 80 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # 15N02893. clay bridging in lamellae only