IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PATNA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969NV019003
  • User Pedon ID: 1969NV019003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1969NV019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43679
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.3045556
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3811111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 420 feet N and 250 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV625—Lyon County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JE Witty and EL Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PATNA
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Patna
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATCA2

    CHRYS9

    PSORO

    Atriplex canescens

    Chrysothamnus

    Psorothamnus

    fourwing saltbush

    rabbitbrush

    dalea

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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

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    1306

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; single grain; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00535
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00536
    B1t—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00537
    B21t—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00538
    B22t—48 to 51 centimeters (18.9 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00539
    B3t—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00540
    C1—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00541
    2C2—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sand; single grain; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00542
    3C3—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sand; single grain; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00543
    4C4—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sand; single grain; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00544