IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Botella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976CA083002
  • User Pedon ID: 76CA083002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47293
  • Print Date: 5/5/2024

    • 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: 34.6480446
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2351227
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 4 km E of Los Alamos; 1 km N of US Hwy 101; .3 km NW;
  • State: California
  • County: CA083—Santa Barbara

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GES/LCL/RWK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Botella
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Botella
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); N 5/2 (N 5/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00278. common very fine roots
    1B1t—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); N 5/2 (N 5/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00279. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1B21t—25 to 69 centimeters (9.8 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00280. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    1B22t—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00281. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    2B32t—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent black stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00282. Many very fine interstitial pores.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common black stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    2B32t—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00283. many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    2C—155 to 193 centimeters (61.0 to 76.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots