IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): East Fork
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959NV001003
  • User Pedon ID: 1959NV001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3247
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38376
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 39.4855833
  • Std. Longitude: -118.7688611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: about 1,390 feet S and 1,685 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: John Serpa ranch, approximately 0.25 mile north and 0.25 mile east of Fallon, Nevada. See aerial photograph DOP 2T-132 for the exact location.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV001—Churchill
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV603—Fallon-Fernley Area, Nevada, Parts of Churchill, Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39118-D7—Fallon, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan and M. A. Townsend
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - East Fork (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - East Fork
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits derived from mixed dources
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DOP2T-132
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    endosaturation

    0—36

    15—69

    91—152

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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

    —

    —

    —

    1205

    —

    127

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    10.6

    22.8

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25370
    ABk—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25371
    Bk—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine faint and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium granular, and subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25372
    C1—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct and 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 25 percent medium faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A25373
    C2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct and 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 2 percent medium faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25374