IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tahoe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NV005004
  • User Pedon ID: 99NV005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0305
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16008
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1091652
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9138336
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet south and 700 feet east of
  • Location Description: 750 feet on stream from mouth of Spooner Lake
  • Map Unit: 7041—Tahoe complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-A8—Glenbrook, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LA, FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS-horizons copied from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • 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 - Sandy, mixed, frigid Aquic Dystroxerepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granite and/or alluvium derived from metamorphic rock
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1999 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    C1

    C2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    0

    4

    20

    38

    58

    79

    91

    4

    20

    38

    58

    79

    91

    165

    00P02221

    00P02222

    00P02223

    00P02224

    00P02225

    00P02226

    00P02227

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

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    C1

    C2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    0

    4

    20

    38

    58

    79

    91

    4

    20

    38

    58

    79

    91

    165

    00P02221

    00P02222

    00P02223

    00P02224

    00P02225

    00P02226

    00P02227

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    7.8

    7.9

    7.8

    7.8

    7.8

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    C1

    C2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    0

    4

    20

    38

    58

    79

    91

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    38

    58

    79

    91

    165

    00P02221

    00P02222

    00P02223

    00P02224

    00P02225

    00P02226

    00P02227

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—38

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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

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) mucky sandy loam; 10 percent clay; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2221. Pockets of COS.
    A2—4 to 20 centimeters (1.6 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy coarse sand; 82 percent sand; 8 percent clay; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2222. Gvl. Cob. Stn. Bldr: <1 G.
    C1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 17 percent clay; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2223. 7.5YR 4/6 Fe3 D 15%; Gvl. Cob. Stn. Bldr.: <1 G.
    C2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 45 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P2224. color moist: (10YR 4/3 - Exposed); 55% 5YR 4/6, 7.5 YR 4/6 FE3, D; Cvl. Cob. Stn. Bldr.: <1 G.
    Cg1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); very dark grayish green (5GY 3/2) sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P2225. Color Moist; 3/5GY Reduced (10% 10YR 5/8 FE3); Gvl. Cob. Stn. Bldr.: <1 G; reduced matrix below 23 inches.
    Cg2—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); 5 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and 65 percent 2.5Y (2.5Y/), and 10Y (10Y/), sandy clay loam; 40 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.2 fine roots; 5 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2226. rock frags: <1 G; 30% 10YR 5/6 FE3 D.
    Cg3—91 to 165 centimeters (35.8 to 65.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) sandy loam; 40 percent sand; 20 percent clay; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 00P2227. color moist: (10YR 4/1 - exposed); rock fragments: <1 G.