IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bigspring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002NV033038
  • User Pedon ID: 02NV033038
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002NV033038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0326
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16392
  • 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: 38.7146721
  • Std. Longitude: -114.0900040
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 N
  • Range: 70 E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet south and 1,100 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 3614—Littlespring-Bigspring association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV033—White Pine
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV779—White Pine County, Nevada, East Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38114-F1—Tweedy Wash, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Curt Leet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Calcixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 38
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bigspring
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bigspring
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: bolson
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent nonflat 5- to 20-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Sodic Terrace 8-10"
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRT

    CHVI8

    SAVE4

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    basin big sagebrush

    yellow rabbitbrush

    greasewood

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    durinodes

    0—30

    13—117

    13—117

    117—147

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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

    2

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    1681

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    0

    7

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    110

    11.7

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    13.3

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent prominent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-11-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 267036; continuous - phpvsfiid 267036
    Bk1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-11-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 267037; continuous - phpvsfiid 267037
    Bk2—30 to 89 centimeters (11.8 to 35.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 30 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent coarse prominent dendritic strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and fine carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-11-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 5-13-19 millimeter carbonate nodules fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01854; observed in trench
    2Bky—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay; 9 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 41 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum masses and 10 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented gypsum masses and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01855; observed in trench
    2Btqy—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay; 10 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent strongly coherent cemented durinodes and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 5-13-19 millimeter durinodes fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N01856; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 267038; continuous - phpvsfiid 267038
    2C—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 36 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent coarse prominent dendritic strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules; 2 percent by volume nonflat strongly coherent cemented 5-13-19 millimeter carbonate nodules fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red.; observed in trench