IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VISTA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964CA073004
  • User Pedon ID: S1964CA073004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2994
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38123
  • 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: 33.3675003
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2288895
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: A soil profile pit located 1.5 miles south and 1.5 miles east of Fallbrook in the SE1/4 of the NW1/4
  • State: California
  • County: CA073—San Diego
  • MLRA: 20—Southern California Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA638—San Diego County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David C. Estrada and Gerald Kester
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VISTA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vista
  • Classificaton Date - 2/19/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/19/1964 (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

    7

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    216

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    135

    381

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    15.6

    21.1

    12.2

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    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A23554; moist when described;
    A12—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23555; moist when described;
    B21—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A23556; moist when described;
    B22—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23557; moist when described;
    C1—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fine gravelly sand; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A23558; moist when described;
    C2—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), white (10YR 8/1) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 40A23559; moist when described;