IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pookaloo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2010NV033551
  • User Pedon ID: 2010NV033551
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2010NV033551
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0082
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58643
  • 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: 39.6955278
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6556389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3/4 of the up Mattier Creek
  • 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pookaloo
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pookaloo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum and/or colluvium derived from limestone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 73cm with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 40.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 5.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 15.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 75- to 250-millimeter limestone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F028BY060NV PIMO-JUOS/ARNO4/PSSPS-ACHY

    • 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 - other tree cover
  • 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

    PSSP6

    BRTE

    ELCI2

    STAC

    ARNO4

    PIMO

    JUOS

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Bromus tectorum

    Elymus cinereus

    Stenotus acaulis

    Artemisia nova

    Pinus monophylla

    Juniperus osteosperma

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    cheatgrass

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    stemless mock goldenweed

    black sagebrush

    singleleaf pinyon

    Utah juniper

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    73 - 98

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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—48

    33—73

    73—0

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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

    50

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    2347

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    170

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; gravelly highly decomposed plant material; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00410; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00411; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very cobbly fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable by carbonates, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00412; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    B1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; very cobbly fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; 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 interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments and 5 percent carbonate concretions around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 250-?-450 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00413; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    B2—48 to 73 centimeters (18.9 to 28.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; extremely stony fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent carbonate concretions around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-?-450 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00414; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    R—73 centimeters (28.7 inches); extremely stony bedrock; fragments.; dry when described; observed in pit, small