IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosamond
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA071006
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA071006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CA071006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2960
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38089
  • 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: 34.9222221
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1197205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 0.125 mile W and 100 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: about 1 mile ENE of Barstow.
  • 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-loamy, mixed, calcareous, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosamond
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • 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

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • 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

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

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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

    1

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    762

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    102

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate and strong fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable; slow permeability; 0.1 roots; 3 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23340
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; slow permeability; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23341
    B1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; slow permeability; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23342
    B21—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; very slow permeability; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23343
    B22—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; very slow permeability; 21 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23344
    C1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable; moderate permeability; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23345
    B1B—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable; moderate permeability; 1 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23346. devoid of plant roots.
    B2B—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; very slow permeability; 1 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23347
    C2CAB—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm; very slow permeability; 21 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A23348