IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ramona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA065001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37485
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 33.9500008
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0227814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 1100 feet north, 500 feet west of the south quarter corner
  • Location Description: Riverside County, California, about 3 miles northwest of the town of Banning.
  • State: California
  • County: CA065—Riverside
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA679—Western Riverside Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arnold Knecht and George Borst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ramona
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ramona
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    3

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    735

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    270

    406

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    16.7

    21.1

    10

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    AP—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sand; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22917; moist when described;
    A12—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22918; moist when described;
    B1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22919; moist when described;
    B21—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22920; moist when described;
    B22—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22921; moist when described;
    B23—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22922; moist when described;
    B3—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22923; moist when described;
    C—173 to 188 centimeters (68.1 to 74.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22924; moist when described;