IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Psamments
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA051007
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA051007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0980
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59274
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.9360390
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1354065
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1.65 mile W on W Portal Rd, from intersection w/ HWY 595, .28 mile on SE road on the N shoulder of the Rd.
  • State: California
  • County: CA051—Mono

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Vitrandic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Psamments
  • 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 - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • 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

    0—25

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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

    3

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    2172

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    225

    38

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05868. few very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    1A2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05869. few very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    1A3—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05870. few very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    1Ab—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05871. Gravel is 80% tuff and 20% obsidian; this layer is compacted.; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05872. This layer is compacted; gravel is 75% tuff and 25% obsidian; this texture is close to a sand.; few very fine and fine roots