IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oxyaquic cryorthents
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NV005006
  • User Pedon ID: 99NV005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0307
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11821
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 39.1413810
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8990722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 160 feet south and 180 feet west of the northeast corner of
  • Location Description: Spooner Lake State Park North Canyon Road W. of Campground
  • Map Unit: 9011—Oxyaquic Cryorthents-Aquic Xerorthents-Tahoe complex, 0 to 15 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-B8—Marlette Lake, Nevada
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LA, FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed Oxyaquic Cryorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxyaquic cryorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cagwin
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic Oxyaquic Dystrocryept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed sources
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1999 (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
  • 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

    Bw

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    C5

    5

    5

    13

    23

    51

    81

    132

    203

    13

    23

    51

    81

    132

    203

    284

    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

    A2

    Bw

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    C5

    5

    5

    13

    23

    51

    81

    132

    203

    13

    23

    51

    81

    132

    203

    284

    8

    8

    8.9

    8.6

    8.3

    7.8

    7.8

    7.8

    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

    Bw

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    C5

    5

    5

    13

    23

    51

    81

    132

    203

    13

    23

    51

    81

    132

    203

    284

    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

    12

    2322.6

    290

    4

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. No sample.
    A1—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 65 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak thick platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots; 22 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2234. Gvl. 2-5 mm: 12; Water Repel: Ext. High; NaF: <9; Mst: MS.
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 65 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium, and very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots and 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2235. Gvl. 2-5 mm: 9; Water Repel: Ext. High; NaF: <9; Mst: MS.
    Bw—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 70 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium and coarse, and fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2236. Gvl. 2-5 mm: 9; Water Repel: Ext. High; NaF: 9.0; Mst: MM.
    C1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 80 percent sand; 7 percent clay; weak medium and coarse, and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine discontinuous tubular and 1.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2237. Gvl. 2-5 mm: 11; NaF: 9.5; Mst: MM.
    C2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 8 percent sand; 4 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 4.0 very fine discontinuous tubular and 1.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2238. Gvl. 2-5 mm: 11; NaF: 10.0; Mst: MM
    C3—81 to 132 centimeters (31.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; 95 percent sand; 2 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), dry, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 24 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2239. Gvl. 2-5 mm: 10; NaF: <9; Mst: MM; In this horizon (a) 15% of gravels are 2-3' diameter (b) 5YR 4/6 moist/ 5YR 5/8, 6/8 dry FE3 Masses coating fragments (c.) stratified.
    C4—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; gravelly coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 3 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2240. rock fragments are paragravels; Gvl. 2-5 mm: 13; NaF: <9; Mst: MM
    C5—203 to 284 centimeters (79.9 to 111.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; coarse sand; massive parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 00P2241. Mst: MM; 5YR 6/8 Faint FE3 masses in matrix (50%).