IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hi Vista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CA029002
  • User Pedon ID: 88CA029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0948
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61066
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 34.8655548
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8847198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1375 feet W and 200 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hi Vista
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Camborthids
  • PSC - 25 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. about 35% gravel 2-15 mm on surface; many very fine roots
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    A3—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05153. horizon sampled for Lincoln lab; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    2Btn—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05154. this horizon is too thin for an argillic (will call it a cambic); common clay films surface features; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; few very fine roots
    2Bkn—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05155. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    3Btkn—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. clay films are spotty and are not in entire horizon; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    3Cr—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. soft strongly weathered granitic rock
    3R—130 centimeters (51.2 inches); fragments. hard granitic rock