IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965CA053007
  • User Pedon ID: S1965CA053007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965CA053007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2995
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38124
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.3147240
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0788879
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 10 miles NE of King City on Montgomery Ranch, 300 feet due west from Pinalito VABM, about 75 feet down from ridge top. (Site #2 South Slope).
  • State: California
  • County: CA053—Monterey
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA053—Monterey County, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lewis C. Leifer
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vista
  • PSC - 25 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1965 (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

    BRRU2

    Bromus rubens

    red brome

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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

    47

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    457

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    180

    356

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    15.6

    19.4

    14.4

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    A1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23560; dry when described;. medium acid (pH 6.0) 0 to 3 inches and neutral (pH 7.0) 3 to 12 inches; soil contains about 25 percent fine gravel by volume.