IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Semper
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA079036
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA079036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0931
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55719
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 34.9983330
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6875000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 914 meters N and 244 meters W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: New Cuyama Quad San Bernardino Base Line.
  • State: California
  • County: CA079—San Luis Obispo
  • MLRA: 15—Central California Coast Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eric Vinson and Richard Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Xeric Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Semper
  • PSC - 25 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Semper
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, thermic Xeric Tor
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: very high
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—13

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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

    70

    —

    —

    840

    —

    225

    18

    —

    —

    15

    25

    8

    18

    27

    11

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    —

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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P05280; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1C—13 to 56 centimeters (5.1 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P05281; dry when described;. Roots in this horizon decrease as depth increases to few very fine and fine.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Cr—56 to 68 centimeters (22.0 to 26.8 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Lab sample # 84P05282