IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): San Emigdio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA065013
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA065013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CA065013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2961
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38090
  • 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: 33.9169426
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0999985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet NE of State Hwy. 79, 800 feet E and 400 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: about 3 miles E of Moreno, Riverside County, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA065—Riverside
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA679—Western Riverside Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Typic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - San Emigdio
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

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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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    488

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    356

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; hard when dry, very friable; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23349
    C1—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23350. contains mycelium-like lime.
    C2—56 to 107 centimeters (22.0 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), 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 # 40A23351. contains mycelium-like lime.
    C3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23352. contains mycelium-like lime.