IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Murain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006CA051002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006CA051002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006CA051002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19094
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.3416100
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4460526
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: California
  • County: CA051—Mono
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Regional Office: 3obsolete—Reno, NV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA729—Toiyabe National Forest Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: jbf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Murain
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Murain
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACHNA

    ARTRV

    CHRYS9

    ERIOG

    GAULT

    PUTR2

    WYETH

    Achnatherum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Chrysothamnus

    Eriogonum

    Gaultheria

    Purshia tridentata

    Wyethia

    needlegrass

    mountain big sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    buckwheat

    snowberry

    antelope bitterbrush

    mule-ears

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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

    50

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    10

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots; 0.4 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.4 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00301
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine and medium roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 0.4 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00302
    Bt1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.4 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00303
    Bt2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.4 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00304
    Bt3—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 19 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 0.4 fine interstitial pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00305
    Btq—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.4 very fine interstitial and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent fine moderately coherent cemented silica concretions on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # 07N00306
    BCt—142 to 180 centimeters (55.9 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.4 very fine to medium roots; 0.4 very fine interstitial and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # 07N00307