IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tahoe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004CA017002
  • User Pedon ID: 04CA017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17324
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 38.9341164
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0544510
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1225 feet east and 1560 feet south of the Northwest corner of
  • Map Unit: 7042—Tahoe complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, gravelly
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA017—El Dorado
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-H1—Emerald Bay, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kevin Connelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tahoe
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/3/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tahoe
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid Cumulic Humaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain valley
  • Microfeature: hummock
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    5—91

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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

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    1905

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    335

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    473

    Fallen Leaf

    SNOTEL
    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly plastic; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; strong coarse granular, and strong fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 medium tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; 0.5 pounds of sieve - <75mm; 10 pounds of sieve - <19mm; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) coarse sandy loam; strong coarse granular, and strong fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 medium tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; 0.5 pounds of sieve - <75mm; 9 pounds of sieve - <19mm; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2A3—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.2 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; 1 pounds of sieve - <75mm; 9 pounds of sieve - <19mm; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Ab—56 to 70 centimeters (22.0 to 27.6 inches); reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) very gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; 0.25 pounds of sieve -<75mm; 11 pounds of sieve - <19mm; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Bw—70 to 91 centimeters (27.6 to 35.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 0.2 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; 0.5 pounds of sieve - <75mm; 11 pounds of sieve - <19mm; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. many prominant coarse mottles, redox concentrations.
    3Cg—91 to 108 centimeters (35.8 to 42.5 inches); 10B 5/5 (10B 5/5) gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots; 0.2 very fine interstitial and 0.2 very fine tubular and 0.2 fine tubular pores; fragments; 2 pounds of sieve - <75mm; 15 pounds of sieve - <19mm; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5.; observed in pit, small. H2S saturated, noticeable in Cg. Water table at 118cm, free water.