IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sumeadow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 11CA729-001ewb
  • User Pedon ID: S2011CA051001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55371
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.3973333
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5362222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Summit Meadow SNOTEL site-Sample # S11CA051-01.
  • County: CA051—Mono
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA729—Toiyabe National Forest Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ed Blake
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, superactive Xerollic Haplocryalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sumeadow
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, superactive Xerollic Haplocryalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: andesitic colluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 30.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 76-millimeter andesite, 30.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 76-millimeter andesite, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter andesite, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter andesite, 10.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 76- to 250-millimeter andesite, 10.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 76- to 250-millimeter andesite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bt4

    0

    7

    40

    70

    100

    7

    40

    70

    100

    152

    compliant cavity

    compliant cavity

    compliant cavity

    compliant cavity

    compliant cavity

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    1.29

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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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    1052

    Summit Meadow

    SNOTEL
    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (30.0) very fine roots throughout; many (30.0) very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N05070; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—7 to 40 centimeters (2.8 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine and medium roots throughout and common (1.0) coarse roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter andesite fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N05071. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834814; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834814
    Bt2—40 to 70 centimeters (15.7 to 27.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and many (30.0) fine and medium roots throughout and many (30.0) coarse roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N05072. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834815; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834815
    Bt3—70 to 100 centimeters (27.6 to 39.4 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, 60 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and 40 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, dry; very gravelly loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.6) very fine roots throughout and few (0.6) fine and medium roots throughout and few (0.6) coarse roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter andesite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N05073. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834816; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834816
    Bt4—100 to 152 centimeters (39.4 to 59.8 inches); very gravelly clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.6) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 12N05074