IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Xerorthents
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CA051008
  • User Pedon ID: 86CA051008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0981
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59275
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 37.7710419
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0067902
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: .7 mile E on logging camp road from intersection w/ HWY 295, .45 mile E on E trail, through basin.
  • State: California
  • County: CA051—Mono

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, frigid Vitrandic Xerorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Xerorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—25

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    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

    1

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    2440

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    38

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    1A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05873. Horizon split for sampling 0-10 cm 86P5873; 10 to 23 cm 86P5874.; common very fine and fine roots
    2Bw—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 medium interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05875. This horizon consists of alternating bands of pumice gravel; 2 mm to 5 cm in diameter, and very gravelly coarse sand. The soil layers occur at 46-51 cm, 56-58, 66-69 cm, and 74 79 cm depths. Rock fragments are 80% pumice and 20% obsidian.; few very fine and fine roots
    3C1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; very gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05876. This horizon consists of alternating bands of pumice gravel, 2 mm to 5 cm in diameter, and very gravelly coarse sand. The soil layers occur at 46-51 cm, 56-58 cm, 66-69 cm, and 74-79 cm depths. Rock fragments are 80% pumice and 20% obisidian; few very fine and fine roots
    4C2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05877. Horizon split for sampling purposes 81-112 cm 86P5877; 112-152 cm 86P5878. Rock fragments are 80% pumice and 20% obsidian. This horizon has discontinuous gravel lenses at depth of 107-114 cm.