IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RYEPATCH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956NV027007
  • User Pedon ID: 1956NV027007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3234
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38363
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.0700000
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4850000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: approximately 530 feet south, 250 feet east of the N 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 0.5 mile south on Broadway from the SCS Office, S 6.75 miles on Meridian Road to end pavement; west on paved east-west road 0.45 mile; south along drain ditch bank 0.1 mil; W 25 paces to site located on the Sanford-Biltz Ranch. The owner and leasor are cooperators with the Big Meadow SCD.
  • 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: Very-fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), mesic Vertic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RYEPATCH
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryepatch
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1956
  • 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: 7/17/1956 (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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    1210

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    102

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    11.1

    25

    -2.2

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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25264
    2A12—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate and strong fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25265. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 368912; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 368912
    2C1—53 to 63 centimeters (20.9 to 24.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25266. continuous - phpvsfiid 368913; continuous - phpvsfiid 368913
    2A1B2—63 to 99 centimeters (24.8 to 39.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; clay; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25267. continuous - phpvsfiid 368914; continuous - phpvsfiid 368914
    3C2—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25268
    4A1B2—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), black (10YR 2/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak medium prismatic; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25269
    5A1B3—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches);, black (5Y 2/1), dry; clay; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate and strong subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 roots; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25270. continuous - phpvsfiid 368916; continuous - phpvsfiid 368916
    6C3—137 to 142 centimeters (53.9 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; silt loam; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25271
    7C4G—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches);, olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak and moderate fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25272. continuous - phpvsfiid 368917; continuous - phpvsfiid 368917