IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Softscrabble
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978NV031010
  • User Pedon ID: 1978NV031010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1978NV031010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0598
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46152
  • 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: 39.9487222
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6958333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 N.
  • Range: 20 E.
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 1600 feet south of the norhteast corner
  • Location Description: near Hardscrabble Canyon
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-H6—Tule Peak, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: OWB/RAF/RLB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NSASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Softscrabble
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Softscrabble
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and residuum weathered from volcanic rock
  • Landscape: plateau, hills, mountains
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: andesite at 198cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: 026XY005NV
  • 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

    ACHNA

    BRMA4

    LECI4

    ARTR2

    PUTR2

    Achnatherum

    Bromus marginatus

    Leymus cinereus

    Artemisia tridentata

    Purshia tridentata

    needlegrass

    mountain brome

    basin wildrye

    big sagebrush

    antelope bitterbrush

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    bedrock, paralithic

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    198 - 244

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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

    37

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    2048

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very stony loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots; 6.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 783555
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots; 6.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 783556
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very cobbly clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 783557
    Bt2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; extremely cobbly clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 783558
    2Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 783559
    2Bt4—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 783560
    3Bt5—152 to 198 centimeters (59.8 to 78.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 783561
    Cr—198 to 226 centimeters (78.0 to 89.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 783562