IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jackrock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2010NV033138
  • User Pedon ID: 2010NV033138
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2010NV033138
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58656
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 38.9244306
  • Std. Longitude: -115.3769889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV033—White Pine
  • MLRA: 28B—Central Nevada Basin and Range
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-ELK—Elko, Nevada
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV778—Humboldt National Forest, Nevada, South Part, Parts of Lincoln, Nye and White Pine Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brien Park
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, frigid Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jackrock
  • PSC - 8 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/2013
  • Classifier - Brien Park
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jackrock
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, frigid Lithic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium over residuum weathered from welded tuff
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered tuff, welded at 36cm with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter 2.00 percent 250- to 400-millimeter 20.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARAR8

    ELEL5

    PIMO

    POA

    PSSPS

    PUTR2

    RIBES

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Elymus elymoides

    Pinus monophylla

    Poa

    Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata

    Purshia tridentata

    Ribes

    little sagebrush

    squirreltail

    singleleaf pinyon

    bluegrass

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    antelope bitterbrush

    currant

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    40 - 65

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    2—40

    8—40

    40—65

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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

    30

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    2365

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    260

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), 10YR 2/3 (10YR 2/3), moist; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00456
    A—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; cobbly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00457; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    ABt—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 5.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00458; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 15 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00459; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    R—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); bedrock; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments.