IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hanford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976CA037102
  • User Pedon ID: S1976CA037102
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976CA037102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3351
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38466
  • Print Date: 4/25/2024

    • 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: 34.4530563
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1275024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4,SE1/4,SW1/4
  • Location Description: 4N24, Tujanga Ranger District
  • Map Unit: 7—Hanford family, 3 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA037—Los Angeles
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA776—Angeles National Forest Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Ryan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, thermic Typic Xerorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 102
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hanford
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hanford
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granite
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Geology: Qt formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ADENO2

    AGGI2

    JUNIP

    YUCCA

    Adenostoma

    Agrostis gigantea

    Juniperus

    Yucca

    chamise

    redtop

    juniper

    yucca

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

    ochric epipedon

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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

    15

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    1082

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    203

    305

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    A1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26123
    C1—33 to 91 centimeters (13.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26124
    C2—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26125
    C3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 40A26126