IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pizene
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977NV019011
  • User Pedon ID: 77NV019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45034
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.9261093
  • Std. Longitude: -119.1958313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 91 meters n 320 meters E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Lyon County, NV. 2.4 km S SW of Mason.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. M. Archer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pizene
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pizene
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • 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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    1A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00183. common very fine roots
    1A12—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00184. common very fine roots
    1A2—12 to 18 centimeters (4.7 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00185. common very fine roots
    1B2t—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00186. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    1B3tca—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00187. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine and fine roots; very few to few 10YR81 mottles
    1C1ca—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00188. few very fine and fine roots
    1C2ca—70 to 88 centimeters (27.6 to 34.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00189. few very fine and fine roots
    1C3—88 to 110 centimeters (34.6 to 43.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P00190. few very fine roots