IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Patna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977NV019002
  • User Pedon ID: 1977NV019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45025
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024
  • 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: 39.3319444
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2369444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 30 meters N 15 meters W of the S quarter corner
  • Location Description: Lyon County, NV. 3.2 km E of Hwy 95A on ninth street.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Mitchell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Patna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Patna
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    1310

    1A 11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, moist; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00113
    1A 12—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sand; weak medium platy structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00114. few very fine and fine roots
    1B 21t—21 to 43 centimeters (8.3 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00115. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many very fine and fine roots
    1B 22t—43 to 50 centimeters (16.9 to 19.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00116. Lamalla are strong brown 7.5YR 5/6 sandy clay loam.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1B 23t—50 to 84 centimeters (19.7 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00117. Lamalla are strong brown 7.5YR 5/6 sandy clay loam.; few clay films surface features; many very fine and fine roots
    1C 1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent medium masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00118. common medium soft masses of iron concentrations; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    2C 2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P00119. very few fine roots; many medium prominent 10YR54 mottles; many coarse prominent 10YR44 mottles