IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Slawha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956NV027002
  • User Pedon ID: 1956NV027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1956NV027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3220
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38349
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.1577778
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4555556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: approximately 535 feet east and 165 feet south of the apparent NW sec. Corner
  • Location Description: 0.5 mile south on Broadway from the SCS office, S 1.4 miles on Meridian Road to east ranch road immediately S of the Circle L Headquarters, east 0.5 mile, south 0.2 mile, E and NE 0.65 mile, N 0.35 mile along corrals, E 0.35 mile along canal, S 50 paces from the diversion box in the field ditch which flows east and west to site located on the Circle L Ranch. The owner is a co-operator with the Big Meadow SCD
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV602—Lovelock Area, Nevada, Parts of Pershing and Churchill Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Kubota and L. N. Langan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Slawha
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoma
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    DISTI

    SPAI

    Distichlis

    Sporobolus airoides

    saltgrass

    alkali sacaton

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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

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    1219

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    102

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    11.1

    25

    -2.2

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    AP—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 roots; 21.0 fine and medium and coarse pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25162
    C1—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25163
    C2—32 to 53 centimeters (12.6 to 20.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium granular; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25164
    C3—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25165
    2A11B—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25166
    3A12B—117 to 130 centimeters (46.1 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25167
    3C1—130 to 140 centimeters (51.2 to 55.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent worm nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25168
    3C2—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25169. patchy - phpvsfiid 368870; patchy - phpvsfiid 368870