IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tahoe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CA017030
  • User Pedon ID: 99CA017030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11857
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.9341240
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0330734
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Adjacent to Truckee Marsh.
  • Map Unit: 7071—Watah peat, 0 to 2 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: FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS-copied from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tahoe
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marla
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Histic En
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—43

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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

    5

    —

    —

    1902

    —

    50

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    8

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. not sampled
    A1—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 8 percent clay; moderate fine and medium, and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2423. 20% organic matter; NaF: <9.
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate fine and medium, and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 11 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2424. 18% organic matter; NaF: <9.
    A3—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 12 percent clay; moderate fine and medium, and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2425. 18% organic material; NaF: <9.
    A4—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 13 percent clay; moderate fine and medium, and coarse granular structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2426. 15% organic matter; NaF: <9.
    C1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 10 percent clay; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 22 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2427. NaF: <9
    C2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 10 percent clay; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2428. NaF: <9
    C3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); 5GY 5/ (5GY 5/),, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 10 percent clay; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2429. NaF: <9
    C4—114 to 117 centimeters (44.9 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 5GY 4/ (5GY 4/),, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 10 percent clay; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2430. NaF: <9
    C5—117 to 124 centimeters (46.1 to 48.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/),, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 10 percent clay; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2431. NaF: <9
    C6—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 24 percent sand; 5 percent clay; 24 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2432. NaF: <9
    C7—142 to 150 centimeters (55.9 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; 24 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2433. NaF: <9
    C8—150 to 157 centimeters (59.1 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2434. NaF: <9