IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Melody
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
99CA693-056
User Pedon ID:
S99CA061012
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
NSSL
Lab Pedon # -
00P0302
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
11817
Print Date:
2/2/2025
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:
39.0802056
Std. Longitude:
-120.2279583
Datum:
WGS84
Map Unit:
9164—Sky-Melody complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CA693—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada
PEDON
Describers Name:
ET
Current Taxonomic Class:
Ashy-skeletal, glassy Lithic Vitricryands
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
39
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Melody
Classificaton Date -
10/7/2005
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
ninth edition
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
SND
Classificaton Date -
10/27/1999
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/27/1999 (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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
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2195.8
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; fragments.