IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jorge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99CA693-016
  • User Pedon ID: S99CA061001
  • User Site Association ID: FuD-1
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11552
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.2315722
  • Std. Longitude: -120.1177778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 7222—Tahoma-Jorge complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Ultic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jorge
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fugawee
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium
  • Landform: mountain
  • Surface Fragments: 7.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter andesite, 2.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter andesite, 3.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter andesite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1999 (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

    15

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 16 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; moderately dry when described;
    BA—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 45 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog.; slightly moist when described;
    Bt1—25 to 102 centimeters (9.8 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 48 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog.; slightly moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107365; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107365
    Bt2—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 73 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog.; moderately moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107364; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107364
    Bt3—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter andesite fragments and 74 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter andesite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog.; moderately moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107362; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107363; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107362; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 107363