IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Florand
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CA003003
  • User Pedon ID: 99CA003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0466
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11971
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.6529999
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9260864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: mountains southwest of Charity Valley.
  • State: California
  • County: CA003—Alpine
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA686—Coleville-Bridgeport Area, Parts of Alpine and Mono Counties, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38119-F8—Carson Pass, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EWB/JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic Xeric Dystrocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Florand
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Florand
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy-skeletal, mixed Humic Xeric Vitricryand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1999
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3793-98
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    22

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    2505

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    70

    114

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    Oi—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; Error; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02930. partially weathered duff material.
    A—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02931. estimate 13% clay.
    Bw1—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02932. estimate 14% clay.
    Bw2—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02933. estimate 15% clay.
    Bw3—112 to 178 centimeters (44.1 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P02934. estimate 15% clay.