IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Witefels
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 68ca693-001
  • User Pedon ID: S68CA017032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42985
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.9203333
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9343694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.3 miles south and 0.8 miles east of NW cor. sec. 1, T12N, R18E - 125 ft. S of apex of Rd. To Heavenly Valley Lodge UTM derived from Arcinfo using above information.
  • Map Unit: 9442—Temo-Witefels complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JHR
  • 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 - Witefels
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/16/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corbett
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1968 (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
    • 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
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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0593; moist when described;
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C0601; dry when described;
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0594; dry when described;
    C1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0595; dry when described;
    C2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0596; dry when described;
    C3—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C0597; dry when described;
    C4—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0598; dry when described;
    C5—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), white (5Y 8/1), dry; bedrock; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C0599; dry when described;. with black and white mineral grains; has rock structure; pores not visible; digs easily.
    C6—97 to 115 centimeters (38.2 to 45.3 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2); 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 68C0600; dry when described;. grus with black mineral grains; has rock structure; few fine and medium roots in cleavage planes; digs with moderate difficulty.