IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hi Vista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CA029004
  • User Pedon ID: 88CA029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0950
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 34.8688889
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8838882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1125 feet W and 1000 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA029—Kern

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hi Vista
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Camborthids
  • PSC - 25 to 89 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

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    695

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    90

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05159. sampled for Lincoln lab; many very fine roots
    2Bw—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05160. sampled for Lincoln lab; this is a very weakly developed horizon; clay films are not definite; non-effervescent where described, but this horizon on side of pit is slightly effervescent; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    2C1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; loamy sand; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    2C2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    3Btkn—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05161. sampled for Lincoln lab; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots
    3BCtkn—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. there is some rock structure inside columns; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    3Cr—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); fragments; violent effervescence. strongly weathered granitic rock
    3R—119 centimeters (46.9 inches); fragments. hard granitic rock