IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Meiss
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
99CA693-038
User Pedon ID:
S99CA061010
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
NSSL
Lab Pedon # -
00P0356
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
11870
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
39.0831111
Std. Longitude:
-120.2354639
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
utm's derived from drg's in arcmap
Map Unit:
9165—Sky-Melody complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
PEDON
Describers Name:
FFF
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, isotic Lithic Dystrocryepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS-horizons copied from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
38
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Meiss
PSC -
0 to 30 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 -
7/22/1999
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Bedrock:
at 62cm
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/22/1999 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
5
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
other grass/herbaceous cover
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
35
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—
2286
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175
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A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P2488. Water State: DM.
C—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 23 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.2 fine roots; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P2489. Water State: DS.
R—30 centimeters (11.8 inches); fragments. Not sampled.