IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavehill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2010NV033550
  • User Pedon ID: 2010NV033550
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2010NV033550
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58641
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.7046944
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6453889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: head of Mattier Creek, in between road above switchback
  • Map Unit: 1142—Pookaloo-Tecomar-Cavehill association
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39114-F6—Mattier Creek, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Curt Leet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, frigid Typic Calcixerolls
  • 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 - Cavehill
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavehill
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium over residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered limestone, unspecified at 64cm with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments: 40.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter 10.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F028BY058NV PIMO-CELE3/ARTRV/PSSPS-POFE

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • 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

    POFE

    BRTE

    PSSPS

    ACHY

    MARE11

    BALSA

    SYOR2

    ARTRV

    PIMO

    JUOS

    CELE3

    Poa fendleriana

    Bromus tectorum

    Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Mahonia repens

    Balsamorhiza

    Symphoricarpos oreophilus

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Pinus monophylla

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Cercocarpus ledifolius

    muttongrass

    cheatgrass

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    Indian ricegrass

    creeping barberry

    balsamroot

    mountain snowberry

    mountain big sagebrush

    singleleaf pinyon

    Utah juniper

    curl-leaf mountain mahogany

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    64 - 89

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—18

    15—64

    64—

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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

    47

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    2560

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    140

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; slightly decomposed plant material; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00402; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; highly decomposed plant material; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00403; observed in pit, small
    A—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00404; observed in pit, small
    ABk—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 5 percent fine carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume flat angular indurated 75-160-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat angular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat angular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00405; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; extremely flaggy loam; 18 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 15 percent medium distinct carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-160-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat indurated 150-260-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00406; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; extremely flaggy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 20 percent medium distinct carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-160-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 150-260-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00407; observed in pit, small
    R—64 centimeters (25.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.