IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99CA693-007
  • User Pedon ID: S99CA017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0189
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11697
  • 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: 39.0319361
  • Std. Longitude: -120.1343528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 7471—Marla loamy coarse sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ET, FFF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Haploxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marla
  • 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 - Elmira
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granodiorite
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Bedrock: granodiorite
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; slightly decomposed plant material; moderate fine granular structure; 8.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moderately dry when described;
    A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described;
    Bw—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), weak red (2.5YR 5/2), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    C1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; 90 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    C2—61 to 124 centimeters (24.0 to 48.8 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), reddish gray (2.5YR 5/1), moist; coarse sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    C3—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), weak red (2.5YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.