IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Phing
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978NV005144
  • User Pedon ID: 78NV005144
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0583
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46137
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.9162941
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6607132
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Photo 3GG 52 SE and on eastbound fork of road 9.15 meters south of claim corner.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Xerollic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 144
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Phing
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Phing
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Xerollic Paleargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; cobbly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; loose, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03450. Combined with A12 when sampled.; few very fine roots
    1C3—0 to 215 centimeters (0.0 to 84.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; 50 percent clay; very sticky, very plastic; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 78P03459. Lime dissiminated.
    1A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; 25 percent clay; weak very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03450. common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate very fine platy structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03451. Grains are bleached.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B21t—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03452. A2 visible on sides of prisms.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228582; patchy - phpvsfiid 228582
    1B22t—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03453. B22t white Ca mottles in root channels x peds and on bottoms of rocks C1P.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 228584; patchy - phpvsfiid 228584
    1B3t—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03454. Mn mottles C1P.
    1C1si—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; loose, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03455
    1C2si—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P03456
    1C1—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 78P03457. Lime dissiminated.
    1C2—165 to 200 centimeters (65.0 to 78.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay; 45 percent clay; very sticky, very plastic; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 78P03458. Lime dissiminated.