IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryepatch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961NV027003
  • User Pedon ID: 1961NV027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3235
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38364
  • 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: -118.4861111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 530 feet south and 75 feet east of the north quarter corner
  • Location Description: on the Sanford-Biltz Ranch.
  • 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: L. N. Langan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, calcareous, mesic Vertic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • 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 - 8/6/1961
  • 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: 8/6/1961 (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

    1

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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); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine 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 # 40A25274
    2A12—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25275
    2C1G—53 to 63 centimeters (20.9 to 24.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25276
    2A1B1—63 to 102 centimeters (24.8 to 40.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine faint and 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25277
    3C2—102 to 109 centimeters (40.2 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine mottles; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25278
    4A1B2—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) clay; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) coarse faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25279
    5C3—132 to 137 centimeters (52.0 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25280