IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beowawe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: very fine sandy loam
  • User Site ID: 1962NV011026
  • User Pedon ID: 1962NV011026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3168
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38297
  • 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: 40.4980556
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4408333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 49E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: about 1,300 feet west and 1,000 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: The site is about 5 miles southeast of Beowawe.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV011—Eureka
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV612—Tuscarora Mountain Area, Nevada, Parts of Elko, Eureka and Lander Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40116-D4—Tumbleweed Flat, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan and E. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Duric Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beowawe
  • PSC - 20 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beowawe
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Duric Natrargids
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1962
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from volcanic rock
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: L. N. Langan and E. Spencer
  • Air Photo ID: N/A
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub 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

    ochric epipedon

    natric horizon

    durinodes

    free carbonates

    0—20

    20—38

    38—112

    38—112

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    —-

    —-

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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

    1

    —

    —

    1480

    —

    180

    —

    110

    9

    —

    —

    10.6

    18.9

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    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; many (30.0) very fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24752
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (5.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; many (30.0) very fine vesicular and many (30.0) fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24753
    Btn1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (30.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; many (30.0) very fine and fine tubular and few (1.0) fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24754
    Btn2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (30.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; many (30.0) very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24755. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1533138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1533138
    Bqk1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; very hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; common (5.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; many (30.0) very fine tubular pores; 85 percent coarse distinct platy moderately coherent cemented silica masses throughout and 15 percent medium distinct lenticular strongly coherent cemented silica concretions at top of horizon; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24756
    Bqk2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; many (30.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; common (5.0) very fine tubular and many (30.0) very fine interstitial and few (1.0) fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; 60 percent coarse distinct platy weakly coherent cemented silica masses; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A24757
    Bqk3—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; few (1.0) very fine roots; few (1.0) very fine interstitial pores; 85 percent coarse distinct platy weakly coherent cemented silica masses and 15 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A24758
    2C2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots; common (5.0) very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0. Lab sample # 40A24758
    2C1—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots; common (5.0) very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24758