IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aboten
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972NV001009
  • User Pedon ID: 1972NV001009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1972NV001009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43953
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 39.2833333
  • Std. Longitude: -118.0277778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 3
  • Location Description: Churchill County, Nevada; about 800 feet south-southwest of Middlegate store
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV001—Churchill
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV770—Churchill County Area, Nevada, Parts of Churchill and Lyon Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. B. Alexander, E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Natrargidic Natridurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aboten
  • PSC - 17 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haplic Nadurargi
  • Classificaton Date - 4/26/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/26/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14065
  • 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

    ATCO

    PIDE4

    SAVE4

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Picrothamnus desertorum

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    shadscale saltbush

    bud sagebrush

    greasewood

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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

    2

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    1394

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    0

    127

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    11

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    A11—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00111
    A12—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00112
    A3—9 to 17 centimeters (3.5 to 6.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00113
    B21t—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00114
    B22t—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00115
    C1sica—39 to 48 centimeters (15.4 to 18.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 72C00116
    C2sicam—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; massive; extremely hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 72C00117
    C3—56 to 83 centimeters (22.0 to 32.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 72C00118