IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marsh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004NV005001
  • User Pedon ID: 04NV005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004NV005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17322
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 39.1642456
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8968735
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15 north
  • Range: 19 east
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: southwest 1/4 of the northwest 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV510—Carson City
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-B8—Marlette Lake, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kevin Connelly & Trina Camping
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Dystric Xerorthents
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marsh
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Dystric Xerorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: at 115cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    OSBE

    Osmorhiza berteroi

    sweetcicely

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    80 - 115

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    2—20

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/18/2004

    50

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    10
    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

    20

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    2268

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    265

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    615

    Marlette Lake

    SNOTEL
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A1—2 to 14 centimeters (0.8 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; deformable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00065; observed in pit, small
    A2—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; 0.2 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00066; observed in pit, small
    Bw—26 to 50 centimeters (10.2 to 19.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; semideformable; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00067; observed in pit, small. horizontal roots
    2Bw2—50 to 80 centimeters (19.7 to 31.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N00068; observed in pit, small. horizontal roots
    Cr—80 to 115 centimeters (31.5 to 45.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; brittle; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # 05N00069; observed in pit, small. Very firm, in place, disintegrated rock. Many colors: black, white, Fe stain.