IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adelaide
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972NV027002
  • User Pedon ID: 1972NV027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1972NV027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44029
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 40.7997222
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7216667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet east of northwest corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Kabota, E. Spencer, R. Nelson, D. Stuart, L. Larsen, R. Wilds, and R. Hetzler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Cambidic Haplodurids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Adelaide
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adelaide
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1972 (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

    ARTR2

    Artemisia tridentata

    big sagebrush

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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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    270

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00591
    B2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak very coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00592
    Cs1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak thick platy structure; very hard, firm, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.
    Csm2—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; 21 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, strongly coherent; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary.