IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Rockbound
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
99CA693-054
User Pedon ID:
S99CA017020
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
NSSL
Lab Pedon # -
00P0296
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
11811
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
38.7599111
Std. Longitude:
-120.0185500
Datum:
WGS84
Map Unit:
7501—Rock Outcrop-Rockbound complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
PEDON
Describers Name:
ET
Current Taxonomic Class:
Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Lithic Xerorthents
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
17
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Rockbound
Classificaton Date -
4/28/2006
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
ninth edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
SND
Classificaton Date -
11/3/1999
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Geomorphic Component Mountains:
mountainflank
Bedrock:
granite at 38cm
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/3/1999 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
10
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
50
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2400
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320
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A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; 4 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bw1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; extremely cobbly coarse sand; 4 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 6 percent by volume 250-400-600 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter granite fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bw2—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely cobbly coarse sand; 2 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 6 percent by volume 250-400-600 millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter granite fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
R—43 centimeters (16.9 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small