IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oneidas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968CA017030
  • User Pedon ID: S68CA017030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968CA017030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42988
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024
  • 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: 38.8645510
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9933620
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2,700 feet east and 200 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description: 100 feet south of dirt road extension of Oneidas Street, 1.3 miles northeast of Meyers, 10 feet east of sample site S67Calif-9-13.
  • Map Unit: 7491—Oneidas coarse sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • 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: LIL, LNL, LCL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Fragiaquic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oneidas (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jabu Shallow
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from mixed
  • Landscape: basin on mountains
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F022AE009CA Frigid Loamy Outwash Terrace Gentle Slopes
  • Vegplot Text Note(s): There were two Sites for this location. One was deleted (68CA693-009) and this plot was re-linked to the retained Site (S1968CA017030).
  • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    CEPR

    CEPR

    PIJE

    PIJE

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Ceanothus prostratus

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Pinus jeffreyi

    prostrate ceanothus

    prostrate ceanothus

    Jeffrey pine

    Jeffrey pine

    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

    1957

    315

    889

    5.6

    15.6

    -2.8

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C0627; dry when described;. pine needle litter.
    A1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and fine tubular pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0628; dry when described;
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0629; dry when described;
    Bt—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0630; dry when described;
    Btx1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.1 very fine interstitial and 0.1 fine tubular pores; clay bridges in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, clay films; medium very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0631; dry when described;
    Btx2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0632; dry when described;
    Btx3—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 5 percent clay films and 75 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0633; dry when described;
    Btx4—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) iron stains; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0634; dry when described;
    Btx5—114 to 165 centimeters (44.9 to 65.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and 10 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron stains; very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, iron depletions and yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0635; dry when described;
    Btx6—165 to 193 centimeters (65.0 to 76.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 3 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) medium prominent and 75 percent white (10YR 8/1) mottles; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron stains; very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, iron depletions and reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C0636; dry when described;
    Btx7—193 to 234 centimeters (76.0 to 92.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films; very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, iron depletions and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, and 7.5YR (7.5YR), dry, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0637; moist when described;
    2C1—234 to 292 centimeters (92.1 to 115.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films; very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0638; moist when described;
    2C2—292 to 450 centimeters (115.0 to 177.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified stratified stony coarse sand to loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0639; moist when described;
    2C3—450 to 495 centimeters (177.2 to 194.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0640; moist when described;
    2C4—495 to 511 centimeters (194.9 to 201.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 68C0641; moist when described;