IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vista
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CA065007
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CA065007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CA065007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2993
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38122
  • Print Date: 5/8/2024

    • 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: 33.7727776
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9208298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 79 in NW 1/4
  • Location Description: On E side of Hwy. about 12 miles south of Hemet.
  • State: California
  • County: CA065—Riverside
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA679—Western Riverside Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vista
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vista
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    BRTE

    Bromus tectorum

    cheatgrass

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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

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    777

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    406

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23549. high in organic matter
    A12—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard when dry, very friable; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23550
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23551
    B2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; moderate permeability; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23552
    CR—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); massive; extremely hard, firm; moderate permeability; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A23553. Yellow, white and black feldspars, quartz and biotite of decomposing granodiorite.