IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whittell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999NV005020
  • User Pedon ID: 1999NV005020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0194
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11702
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.9958250
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8952917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 7412—Cagwin-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed Typic Cryopsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS-pedon copied PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whittell
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Graylock
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from granodiorite
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Bedrock: granodiorite
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    40

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    2415

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    270

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    Oi—; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 2 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 very fine roots and 0.2 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 11 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P1465. NaF: <9; Mst.: DM; held in clumps by roots; 20% organic material by sight volume.
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 4 percent clay; moderate very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P1466. Gvl. Cob. Stn. Bldr.: <1 CB; Water Repel: Ext. High; NaF: 9.5; Mst.: DS.
    Bw—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 4 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.5 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P1467. NaF: 9.4; Mst.: DS; held in clumps by roots.
    C1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loamy sand; 75 percent sand; 6 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.2 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P1468. Gvl. Cob. Stn. Bldr.: <CB; NaF: 9.2; Mst.: DS.
    C2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loamy sand; 75 percent sand; 6 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P1469. Gvl. Cob. Stn. Bldr.: < 1 CB; NaF <9; Mst: DS.
    C3—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; cobbly loamy sand; 75 percent sand; 6 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P1470. NaF: <9; Mst.: DS.
    Cr—122 to 127 centimeters (48.0 to 50.0 inches); fragments. Structure: 'GRUS'.