IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964CA073001
  • User Pedon ID: S1964CA073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0207
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32736
  • 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: 33.3491669
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2399979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: A soil profile pit located 2-1/4 miles south and 3/4 mile east of Fallbrook in the NE1/4 of the SW1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David C. Estrada and Gerald Kester
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vista (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/17/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    89 - 155

    - 66 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    paralithic materials

    0—8

    8—48

    89—89

    89—155

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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

    8

    —

    —

    180

    —

    225

    381

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    15.6

    21.1

    12.2

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 10 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (10.0) very fine roots and many (10.0) fine roots; many (10.0) very fine and many (10.0) fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01535
    Bw1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (10.0) very fine roots and few (10.0) fine roots; common (1.5) very fine interstitial and common (1.5) very fine tubular and common (1.5) fine tubular and common (1.5) fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01536. Krotovinas filled with this material, 3 to 4 inches wide, extend into the underlying horizons, in places extending into the upper part of the C horizon.
    Bw2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; common (1.5) very fine interstitial and common (1.5) very fine tubular and common (1.5) fine interstitial and common (1.5) fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01537; moist when described;
    C1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 12 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; common (1.5) very fine interstitial and common (1.5) very fine tubular and common (1.5) fine interstitial and common (1.5) fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01538; moist when described;
    C2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 11 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few (0.1) very fine roots and very few (0.1) fine roots; common (1.5) very fine interstitial and few (0.5) fine tubular and common (1.5) fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01539; moist when described;
    Cr1—89 to 110 centimeters (35.0 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; bedrock; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01540; moist when described;. tonalite grus composed mostly of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and accessory dark-colored minerals.
    Cr2—110 to 155 centimeters (43.3 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01541; moist when described;. tonalite grus composed mostly of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and other dark-colored minerals, mostly unweathered.