IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aquic Xerorthents
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NV005007
  • User Pedon ID: 99NV005007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999NV005007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0363
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11877
  • 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: 39.0846972
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8890610
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: utm's derived from drg's in arcview
  • 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: NV627—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 45
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aquic Xerorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    POTR5

    Populus tremuloides

    quaking aspen

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    122 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—23

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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

    7

    2351.8

    190

    Oe—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled.
    Oa—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 00P2515
    A1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter diorite fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2516
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter diorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.
    C1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter diorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2517. Not sampled.
    C2—36 to 74 centimeters (14.2 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 17 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 9 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter diorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P2518
    C3—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse, and fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.0 very coarse roots and 0.2 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 40 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 33 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter diorite fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2519
    C4—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy coarse sand; 79 percent sand; 14 percent clay; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent distinct dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 30 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter diorite fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2520. Structure: Augured.
    C5—114 to 122 centimeters (44.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 20 percent clay; 25 percent greenish gray (5G 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 50 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 00P2521. Structure: Augured; Gravel: <1