IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cozetica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA051006
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA051006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0979
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59273
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 37.8999290
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0404053
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet S of center
  • Location Description: 1.15 miles S on road at the intersection of HWY 203 & Panum Crater Turnoff, .1 mile E on mining road on E shoulder of Rd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA051—Mono

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, frigid Vitrandic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cozetica
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    48—74

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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

    43

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    2147

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    225

    28

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05861. Gravel is 805 pumice and 20% obsidian; this texture is very close to a fine sand.; few very fine and fine roots
    1A2—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05862. Gravel is 90% pumice and 10% obsidian.; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05863. Gravel is 90% pumice and 10% obsidian.; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    2Ab—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05864. Cobbles are obsidian; gravel is 85% pumice and 15% obsidian.; few very fine and fine roots
    2C2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05865. Gravel is 80% pumice and 20% obsidian.; common very fine and fine roots
    3C3—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05866. Gravel is 80% pumice and 20% obsidian.; common very fine and fine roots
    4C4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05867. Gravel is 60% pumice and 40% obsidian.; few very fine and fine roots