IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Humboldt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956NV027004
  • User Pedon ID: 1956NV027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3232
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38361
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.1436111
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4933333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: approximately 525 feet east and 150 feet south of the apparent northwest sec. corner of sec. 10 in the NW1/4 NW1/4
  • Location Description: 0.5 mile south on Broadway from the SCS Office, south on Meridian Road 2.4 miles, west on Meadow Road 0.9 mile, S 50 paces to site located on the Gaillard Ranch. The owner is a cooperator with the Big Meadow SCD. See aerial photography number DED-3-49 for precise location.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock 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 (calcareous), mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Humboldt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Humboldt
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1956 (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
    • 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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    1215

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    102

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    11.1

    25

    -2.2

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25248
    2A12—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25249
    3A13—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25250
    4C1—32 to 61 centimeters (12.6 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25251
    5C2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25252
    5C3—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25253. continuous - phpvsfiid 461449; continuous - phpvsfiid 461449
    6C4—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25254. continuous - phpvsfiid 461450; continuous - phpvsfiid 461450
    6C5—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; clay films on faces of peds and in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25255. continuous - phpvsfiid 461452; continuous - phpvsfiid 461452