IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
OCEANO
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1962CA083002
User Pedon ID:
S1962CA083002
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1962CA083002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A2972
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
38101
Print Date:
6/1/2024
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:
34.8952789
Std. Longitude:
-120.3938904
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
9N
Range:
33W
Section:
31
PLSS Details:
SE1/4 of NW1/4
Location Description:
1-1/2 miles south of Betteravia Road on Telephone Road, 3400 feet west and northwest on oil well road, 100 feet up slope; 4.2 miles south southeast of center of Santa Maria.
State:
California
County:
CA083—Santa Barbara
MLRA:
14—Central California Coastal Valleys
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA672—Northern Santa Barbara Area, California
PEDON
Describers Name:
L. C. Leifer
Current Taxonomic Class:
Mixed, thermic Lamellic Xeropsamments
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
OCEANO
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Oceano
Classificaton Date -
3/15/1962
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
hills
Landform:
dune
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
excessively
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/15/1962 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, grassland
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
AMSIN
BRRU2
Amsinckia
Bromus rubens
fiddleneck
red brome
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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
8
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122
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225
356
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13.9
17.2
10
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A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23411; moist when described;
A12—6 to 36 centimeters (2.4 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.1 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23412; moist when described;
A13—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.1 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23413; moist when described;
AC—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23414; moist when described;
C1—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23415; moist when described;. C horizons coincide with upper bands in each following horizon.
C2—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23416; moist when described;. one very thin weak lamella top of horizon, several short discontinuous lamellae, lower lamella 1/4 inch thick.
C3—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23417; moist when described;. several continuous weak lamellae 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch thick near top, several very weak lamellae 4 to 6 inches long lower part.
C4—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23418; moist when described;. sharply wavy lamellae 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick top of horizon, similar one in middle with branches, strong lamella 1 inch thick bottom of horizon, firm when moist.
C5—203 to 239 centimeters (79.9 to 94.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A23419; moist when described;. 3 lamellae about 1 inch thick somewhat wavy and branched, enclose lenses of sand, color contrast and firmness decrease with increasing depth.