IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cieneba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976CA037111
  • User Pedon ID: S1976CA037111
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3376
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38491
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 34.4105568
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1386108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: Center of SE1/4
  • Location Description: 4N24 Saddle, Tujunga Ranger District
  • 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: Loamy, mixed, nonacid, thermic, shallow Typic Xerorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 111
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cieneba
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, nonacid, thermic, shallow Typic Xerorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: canyon
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Geology: Granitic-mesozoic formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10-43
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    paralithic contact

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    51—

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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

    60

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    1433

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    203

    432

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    O—; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26239
    C1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26240
    Cr2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26241