IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOVELOCK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961NV027001
  • User Pedon ID: 1961NV027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38359
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.0355556
  • Std. Longitude: -118.5347222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 100 feet north and 300 feet west of the east quarter corner
  • Location Description: 11 miles southwest of Lovelock.
  • 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: Leland I. Larsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LOVELOCK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lovelock
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    1204

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    102

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    11.1

    25

    -2.2

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    AP11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25231
    A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25232
    A13—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25233
    2C1—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25234
    3A1B1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; 21 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25235
    4C2—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25236
    5C3G—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; 1 percent olive (5Y 4/4) fine and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium and 21 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) medium distinct and 21 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) medium mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25237
    6A1B2—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) stony clay, loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25238