IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whittell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NV005008
  • User Pedon ID: 99NV005008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11878
  • 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: 38.9477196
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9071579
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 9461—Whittell-Jobsis-Rock outcrop complex, cool, 30 to 75 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38119-H8—South Lake Tahoe, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 46
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whittell
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent moderate weathered granite at 79cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/1999 (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

    AC

    C1

    C2

    3

    8

    15

    33

    61

    8

    15

    33

    61

    79

    00P02522

    00P02523

    00P02524

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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

    A2

    AC

    C1

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    3

    8

    15

    33

    61

    8

    15

    33

    61

    79

    00P02522

    00P02523

    00P02524

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    7.8

    8

    7.9

    8.7

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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

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    AC

    C1

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    3

    8

    15

    33

    61

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    33

    61

    79

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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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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 3 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2522; slightly moist when described;. Hydrophobicity: <1 sec.
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 3 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2523; slightly moist when described;. Hydrophophobicity: 4 sec.
    AC—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 3 percent clay; nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout; 19 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2524; slightly moist when described;. Hydrophobicity: > 10 sec.
    C1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; very stony loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 2 percent clay; nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2525; slightly moist when described;. Hydrophobicity: >10 sec.
    C2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; very stony loamy coarse sand; 80 percent sand; 5 percent clay; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 18 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2526; slightly moist when described;. Hydrophobicity: 1 sec.
    Cr—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; coarse sand; 97 percent sand; 0.1 coarse roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 00P2527; slightly moist when described;