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Soil Survey of Angeles National Forest Area, California (1987) How To Use This Soil Survey General Soil Map The general soil map, which is the small scale map preceding the detailed soil maps, shows the survey area divided into groups of associated soils called general soil map units. This map is useful in planning the use and management of large areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the map, identify the name of the map unit in the area on the map legend, then refer to the section General Soil Map Units for a general description of the soils in your area. Detailed Soil Maps The detailed soil maps follow the general soil map. These maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small areas. Kokc mo To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the index to Map Sheets, MAP SHEET which precedes the soil maps. Note the number of the map sheet, and turn to that sheet. INDEX TO MAP SHEETS Locate your area of interest on the map 150 sheet. Note the map unit 217 symbols that are in that area. Turn to the Index to Map Units (see Con- NOTE: Map unit symbols in a soil tents), which lists the map survey may consist only of numbers or units by symbol and letters, or they may be a combination name and shows the of numbers and letters. page where each map MAP SHEET unit is described. The Summary of Tables shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. See Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs. Angeles National Forest Area, California This is a publication of the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region and is a joint effort and the University of California (Agricultural Experiment Station) and the Soil Conservation Service. As a part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, the fieldwork and technical quality control for this survey were the responsibility of the Forest Service. The correlation of the soils was done by the Soil Conservation Service in consultation with the Forest Service. The Soil Conservation Service has leadership for the federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. In line with Department of Agriculture policies, benefits of this program are available to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, marital status, handicap, or age. Major fieldwork for this soil survey was performed in the period 1975-80. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1981. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 1980. This survey was made cooperatively by the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service. The soil survey area consists of these parts of the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale. Cover: View eastward along Angeles Crest Highway and parallel to San Gabriel fault zone, to Red Box Station in saddle. Contents Index to map units ...........................................................iv Map unit descriptions and Summary of tables .......................................................................v management interpretations .................................. 17 Foreword .............................................................................vi Use and management of the soils ................................. 89 General nature of the survey area ..............................1 Watershed ..................................................................... 89 History and development ............................................1 Range production ........................................................ 89 Vegetation .......................................................................2 Wildlife habitat ............................................................ 89 Geomorphology ............................................................2 Recreation ..................................................................... 90 Climate ...........................................................................3 Forestry ......................................................................... 90 How this survey was made ............................................4 Classification of the soils ............................................... 92 Taxonomic unit descriptions ...................................... 97 General soil map units ....................................................5 Formation of the soils ..................................................149 General soil map ............................................................................ 9 Soil properties ................................................................151 Detailed soil map units ............................................. 10 References ........................................................................155 Definitions and criteria .................................................. 11 Glossary ............................................................................157 Taxonomic Unit Descriptions Bakeoven family ......................................................................98 Olete family ..............................................................................124 Balder family .............................................................................99 Osito family ..............................................................................126 Baywood family .....................................................................100 Pacifico family .........................................................................127 Calcixerollic Xerochrepts .....................................................101 Pismo family ............................................................................128 Calleguas family .....................................................................102 Preston family ..........................................................................129 Caperton family ......................................................................103 San Andreas family .................................................................130 Capistrano family ...................................................................104 Shortcut family ........................................................................131 Chilao family ...........................................................................105 Springdale family ....................................................................132 Etsel family ..............................................................................106 Stonyford family ......................................................................133 Exchequer family ...................................................................107 Stukel family ............................................................................134 Green Bluff family .................................................................108 Supan family ............................................................................135 Hanford family .......................................................................109 Sur family .................................................................................136 Haploxeralfs ............................................................................110 Tollhouse family ......................................................................137 Haploxerolls ............................................................................111 Hohmann family ....................................................................112 Trigo family ..............................................................................138 Kilburn family ........................................................................114 Tujunga family ........................................................................139 Knutsen family .......................................................................115 Typic Haploxeralfs ..................................................................140 Lithic Haploxeralfs ................................................................116 Typic Xerochrepts ..............................................................................141 Lithic Xerorthents ..................................................................117 Typic Xerorthents ...............................................................................142 Lodo family .............................................................................118 Vertic Xerochrepts .............................................................................143 Millsholm family ...................................................................119 Vista family ..........................................................................................144 Modesto family ......................................................................120 Waterman family ..........................................................................145 Modjeska family ....................................................................121 Winthrop family .................................................................................146 Mollic Haploxeralfs ...............................................................122 Wrenthem family ..........................................................................147
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