IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rusty
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977NV019006
  • User Pedon ID: 1977NV019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45029
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.3586111
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1686111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 396 meters E 152 meters S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Lyon County, NV. About 2.5 km NE of intersection of Sycamore and 5th Streets. Silver Springs.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Mitchell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rusty
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rusty
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977
  • 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: 9/1/1977 (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
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    1A 11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, moist; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00143
    1A 12—6 to 20 centimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00144. common very fine and fine roots
    1B 21t—20 to 42 centimeters (7.9 to 16.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00145. many very fine and fine roots
    1B 22t—42 to 52 centimeters (16.5 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00146. many very fine and fine roots
    1B 3tca—52 to 65 centimeters (20.5 to 25.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00147. many very fine and fine roots
    2C 1—65 to 97 centimeters (25.6 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00148. few very fine and fine roots
    2C 2—97 to 116 centimeters (38.2 to 45.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00149. many coarse prominent 10YR56 mottles
    3C 3—116 to 152 centimeters (45.7 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P00150. Not sampled.; many coarse prominent 10YR56 mottles