IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Appian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977NV019008
  • User Pedon ID: 1977NV019008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45031
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.3038889
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1425000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 550 meters W 213 meters N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Lyon County, NV. 9.5 km E of Weeks.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Mitchell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Appian
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • 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 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00159
    1A 12—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00160. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    1AB—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; loamy sand; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00161. few very fine and fine roots
    1B 2t—27 to 48 centimeters (10.6 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00162. many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1B 3t—48 to 80 centimeters (18.9 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00163. common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1C 1—80 to 115 centimeters (31.5 to 45.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00164. few fine roots
    1C 2—115 to 152 centimeters (45.3 to 59.8 inches); coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P00165. Variegated clean.; very few fine roots