IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oneidas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99CA693-015
  • User Pedon ID: S99CA017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11551
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 38.8669389
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9911278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 7491—Oneidas coarse sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LA, FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Fragic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oneidas
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jabu Variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from granodiorite over residuum weathered from granodiorite
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments: 50.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter granodiorite, 1.00 percent 600 granodiorite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1999 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    1952.5

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    120

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 6 percent clay; moderate very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OP 98S; moderately dry when described;
    AB—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.2 fine roots; 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OP 99S; moderately dry when described;
    Bw—15 to 34 centimeters (5.9 to 13.4 inches); gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 22 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OP 100S; slightly dry when described;
    CB—34 to 58 centimeters (13.4 to 22.8 inches); loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 2 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 12 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OP 101S; slightly dry when described;
    Cx1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); gravelly loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 0.3 coarse roots; 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OP 102S; slightly dry when described;
    Cx2—74 to 155 centimeters (29.1 to 61.0 inches); loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 2 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter granodiorite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # OP 103S; slightly moist when described;