IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cassenai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99CA693-029
  • User Pedon ID: S99CA017034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0347
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11861
  • 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: 38.8877917
  • Std. Longitude: -120.0326722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: utm's derived from drg's in arcmap
  • Map Unit: 7411—Cagwin-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LA
  • 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: NASIS-horizons copied from PDP 3,x
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cassenai
  • 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 - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • 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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    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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft; 5.0 very fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2445. NaF: <9; Hydrophobicity: High.
    AB—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 8 percent clay; moderate medium, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2446. NaF: 10.0; Hydrophobicity: None.
    Bw1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 9 percent clay; moderate medium, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; 1.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2447. NaF: 10.0; Hydrophobicity: None.
    Bw2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 9 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.3 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2448. NaF: 10.0; Hydrophobicity: None.
    CB—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2449. NaF: <9; Hydrophobicity: none.
    C1—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2450. NaF:<9; Hydrophobicity: None.
    C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 10 percent clay; 22 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2451. NaF: <9; Hydrophobicity: None.
    C3—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 13 percent sand; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P2452. NaF: <9; Hydrophobicity: None.