IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosamond
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA071001
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA071001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CA071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2954
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38083
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 34.4700012
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9141693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile E and 1120 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: On Stringer farm. about 2 miles NE of Lucerne Valley.
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA671—San Bernardino County, California, Mojave River Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Vertic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosamond
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosamond
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: playa
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1955 (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

    ATCO

    ATCO

    EPVI

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Ephedra viridis

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    mormon tea

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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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    914

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    102

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    C1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23300. low in organic carbon; almost devoid of plant roots.
    C2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23301. This contains a few shadscale roots.
    C3—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; slow permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23302
    C4—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; very slow permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23303. This contains a few shadscale roots and a few fine distinct white flecks of lime and gypsum.
    C5—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; very slow permeability; 0.1 roots; 3 percent fine and medium white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23304. very few shadscale.
    C6—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; very slow permeability; 3 percent fine and medium white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23305. no plant roots.
    C7—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; extremely hard, friable; slow permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23306. no plant roots.