IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christopher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 68CA693-003
  • User Pedon ID: S68CA017027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 68CA693-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0070
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42981
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.8712917
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0004361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 900 feet west and 500 feet north of southwest corner, sec. 21, T. 12 N., R. 18 E., 1 mile northeast of Meyers, north of Pioneer Trail Road.
  • Map Unit: 7442—Christopher loamy coarse sand, 9 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA017—El Dorado
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LNL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Dystric Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christopher
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Celio
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lateral moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1968 (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

    ARPA6

    PIJE

    PURSH

    RIMO2

    WYETH

    Arctostaphylos patula

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Purshia

    Ribes montigenum

    Wyethia

    greenleaf manzanita

    Jeffrey pine

    bitterbrush

    gooseberry currant

    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

    1

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    1990

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    838

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    6.1

    16.1

    -2.8

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    2C5—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C0564; dry when described;
    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0554; dry when described;. horizon contains partially decomposed pine litter.
    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C0563; dry when described;
    O1—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C0553; dry when described;. pine needle litter.
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0555; dry when described;
    A13—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; weak fine and medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0556; dry when described;
    C1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0557; dry when described;
    C2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0558; dry when described;
    C3—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0559; dry when described;
    C4—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0560; dry when described;
    2C5—140 to 185 centimeters (55.1 to 72.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0561; dry when described;
    3C6—185 to 200 centimeters (72.8 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 68C0562; dry when described;. some gravel and cobbles have silica and clay coatings on underside.