IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CAJON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CA071001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CA071001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CA071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44960
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 34.4336395
  • Std. Longitude: -116.8767471
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .20 miles east of Visilia.
  • State: California
  • County: CA071—San Bernardino
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA671—San Bernardino County, California, Mojave River Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LR & CAW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CAJON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cajon
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granite
  • Landform: fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/29/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BOUTE

    EPHED

    LATR2

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua

    Ephedra

    Larrea tridentata

    Yucca

    grama

    jointfir

    creosote bush

    yucca

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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

    1.5

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    933

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    127

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    17

    28

    7

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00050
    C1—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00051
    C2—19 to 33 centimeters (7.5 to 13.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 75C00052
    C3—33 to 47 centimeters (13.0 to 18.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00053
    2C4—47 to 64 centimeters (18.5 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00054
    2C5—64 to 96 centimeters (25.2 to 37.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; gravelly coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; lime masses on bottom of rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00055
    2C6—96 to 115 centimeters (37.8 to 45.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; gravelly sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 18 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00056
    2C7—115 to 150 centimeters (45.3 to 59.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 75C00057