IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VISTA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA065006
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA065006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CA065006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2992
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38121
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 33.6983337
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9613876
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: On the McSweeney Ranch, about 4 miles S of Hemet.
  • State: California
  • County: CA065—Riverside
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA679—Western Riverside Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VISTA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vista
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    BRTE

    LECO12

    Bromus tectorum

    Leymus condensatus

    cheatgrass

    giant wildrye

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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

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    503

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    356

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; loose, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23543
    A12—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23544
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23545
    A3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky; moderate permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23546
    B2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; moderate permeability; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23547
    CR—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; massive; very hard, firm; slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23548