IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAN EMIGDIO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA065011
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA065011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2955
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38084
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 33.9036102
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1261139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet W of Wolfskill-Moreno ranch headquarters, 1000 feet E of the S 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: near Moreno, Riverside County, California.
  • 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 Xerofluvents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAN EMIGDIO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - San Emigdio
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/6/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very hard, friable; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23307
    AP2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive parts to angular blocky; very hard, friable; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23308
    C1—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive; very hard, friable; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23309
    C2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23310
    C3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23311
    C4—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; very hard, friable; moderate permeability; 0.1 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23312