The Brantel series consists of very deep, and excessively drained soils that formed in volcanic ash. Brantel soils are on valley floors, lake terraces, fan terraces and alluvial fans, volcanic flows and tablelands, inset fans on hills, mountainous uplands and around cinder cones. Slopes are 0 to 15 percent. Brantel gravelly loamy sand - on a 2 percent northeast slope at 6,640 feet elevation under big sagebrush and rabbitbrush vegetation.
Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.
About 15 percent of the soil surface is covered with fine and medium pumice gravel. Mono County, California. R.30 E., M.D. B.M., Glass Mountain quadrangle. The soil temperature is above 41 degrees F. from April 1 to December 20, and is above 47 degrees F. from April 15 to November 30. Summer thundershowers occur, but are sporadic and usually do not wet the control section.