IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RYEPATCH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956NV027008
  • User Pedon ID: 1956NV027008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3233
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38362
  • 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: 40.0913889
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4969444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: approximately 450 feet west and 750 feet south of the east 1/4
  • Location Description: 0.5 mile south on Broadway from the SCS Office, S 4.3 miles on Meridian Road to east-west paved road, W 1 mile to Carpenter Road, S 1.5 miles to ranch access road, west approximately 450 feet, then south approximately 75 feet to site. The owner is a cooperator 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: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), mesic Vertic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RYEPATCH
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1956
  • 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: 7/18/1956 (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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    1212

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    102

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    11.1

    25

    -2.2

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    A11—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fine and medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25256
    A12—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.0 pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25257
    2C1—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25258
    3C2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds and in root channels and/or pores and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25259. continuous - phpvsfiid 368902; continuous - phpvsfiid 368902
    3C3G—97 to 102 centimeters (38.2 to 40.2 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; clay; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25260
    3A1B—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); black (5Y 2/2), black (5Y 2/1), dry; clay; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25261. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 368906; continuous - phpvsfiid 368905; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 368906; continuous - phpvsfiid 368905
    4C4—140 to 157 centimeters (55.1 to 61.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25262. continuous - phpvsfiid 368907; continuous - phpvsfiid 368907
    4C5G—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; clay films and clay films in root channels and/or pores and faint on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25263. continuous - phpvsfiid 368909; continuous - phpvsfiid 368909