IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cassenai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999NV005044
  • User Pedon ID: 1999NV005044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0362
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11876
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.0892528
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8962889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: utm's derived from drg's in arcmap
  • Map Unit: 7422—Cassenai gravelly loamy coarse sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very 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, frigid Dystric Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cassenai
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shakespeare
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6
  • 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

    27

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled.
    A—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 5 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 24 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2508. Water State: DV; NaF: 9.5; hydrophobicity: 5 sec.
    BA—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2509. Water State: DM; NaF: 10.0; Hydrophobicity: 1 sec.
    Bw1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium and coarse, and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2510. Water State: DM; NaF: 10.0.
    Bw2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P2511. Water State: DM; NaF: 10.0.
    Bw3—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P2512. Water State: DS; NaF: 9.5.
    Ct1—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 15 percent clay; moderate very thick platy, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, nonplastic; 1.0 very coarse roots and 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on concretions; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2513. Water State: DS; NaF: <9.
    Ct2—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; nonplastic; 40 percent prominent clay films on concretions; 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Water State: MS; NaF: <9; Not sampled.
    Ct3—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; nonplastic; 30 percent faint clay films between sand grains; 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2514. Water State: MS; NaF: <9.