IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tallac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CA017008
  • User Pedon ID: 99CA017008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11699
  • 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: 38.9364586
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0464783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 7524—Tallac gravelly coarse sandy loam, moderately well drained, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA017—El Dorado
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-H1—Emerald Bay, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Humic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tallac
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tallac
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Humic Dystroxerepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
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    Oi—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); fragments; 10.8 NaF.
    A—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; 70 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 35 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10.5 NaF; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 1448S
    AB—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; 70 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 5.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10.5 NaF; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 1449S
    BC—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; 70 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.5 medium roots and 0.3 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10.5 NaF; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 1450S
    C1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; 70 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 8 percent clay; granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 0.3 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10 NaF; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 1451S
    C2—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots and 0.3 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10.5 NaF; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 1452S
    C3—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; 90 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 2 percent clay; single grain; 7 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10.5 NaF; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 1453S
    C4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; 90 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 2 percent clay; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10.5 NaF; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 1454S