IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968CA017028
  • User Pedon ID: S1968CA017028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968CA017028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0071
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42982
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.8755569
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9930573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2800 feet east and 1700 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 3 miles south of Tahoe Valley, north of Pioneer Trail Road.
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Dystric Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmira
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmira
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    ARPA6

    CEPR

    PIJE

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Pinus jeffreyi

    greenleaf manzanita

    prostrate ceanothus

    Jeffrey pine

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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

    1

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    1982

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    813

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    6.1

    16.1

    -2.8

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    O—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00565; dry when described;. pine litter.
    A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00575; dry when described;
    A1—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00566; dry when described;
    A2—9 to 21 centimeters (3.5 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00567; dry when described;
    C1—21 to 52 centimeters (8.3 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00568; dry when described;
    C2—52 to 73 centimeters (20.5 to 28.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 22 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00569; dry when described;
    2B1—73 to 83 centimeters (28.7 to 32.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films; 32 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00570; dry when described;
    2B2—83 to 93 centimeters (32.7 to 36.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 30 percent clay films; 31 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00571; dry when described;
    2B3—93 to 114 centimeters (36.6 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films and 30 percent coats between sand grains; 31 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00572; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197448; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197448
    2C—114 to 154 centimeters (44.9 to 60.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00573; dry when described;
    3C—154 to 189 centimeters (60.6 to 74.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine pores; coats on bottoms of plates; 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 68C00574; dry when described;. some silica and clay coatings on bottom side of gravel; gravel strongly weathered.