IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Witefels
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV031009
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NV031009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NV031009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0471
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47204
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.3107300
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8848953
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet W and 2000 feet S from NE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: OWB, JBP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Lithic Cryumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Witefels
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Witefels-Like
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Entic Cryumbrept
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1979 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIAL

    PIMO3

    TSME

    Pinus albicaulis

    Pinus monticola

    Tsuga mertensiana

    whitebark pine

    western white pine

    mountain hemlock

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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

    40

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    2912

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    315

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    A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02505
    A12—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02506
    A13—16 to 41 centimeters (6.3 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02507