IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burnlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CA003008
  • User Pedon ID: 99CA003008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CA003008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0471
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11976
  • 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: 38.7631950
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9270859
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: East of Burnside Lake Road
  • 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-G8—Freel Peak, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EWB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Humic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Burnlake
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Burnlake
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Humic Vitrixerand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1999
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3793-128
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRMA4

    PIJE

    PUTR2

    RIBES

    Bromus marginatus

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Purshia tridentata

    Ribes

    mountain brome

    Jeffrey pine

    antelope bitterbrush

    currant

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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

    15

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    2230

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    270

    89

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very bouldery sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. this horizon not sampled.
    A2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; extremely cobbly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. estimate 11% clay.
    Bw1—38 to 86 centimeters (15.0 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02949. 60 percent very hard/brittle, dry, friable moist; 40 percent slightly hard and very friable.
    Bw2—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. very hard/brittle, dry and very firm/brittle moist; this horizon not sampled.
    Bw3—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. 50 percent very hard/brittle dry, friable moist and 50 percent slightly hard and very friable; this horizon not sampled.