IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Indio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Irrometer Calibration Site 2
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13185
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.6177788
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1255569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet north and 800 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: It—Indio very fine sandy loam, wet
  • State: California
  • County: CA065—Riverside
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA680—Riverside County, Coachella Valley Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Oster
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, hyperthermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Indio
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indio
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, hype
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2000
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    -43

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    102

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    295

    23

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C1—20 to 73 centimeters (7.9 to 28.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C2—73 to 88 centimeters (28.7 to 34.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C3—88 to 118 centimeters (34.6 to 46.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 01P02892; observed in pit, large or quarry