IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burnborough
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978NV005146
  • User Pedon ID: 78NV005146
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0584
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46138
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 38.7136116
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5575027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bell Tel road 3GG 73 100 Yd. So. 800 feet E. of NW match corner.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aridic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 146
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Burnborough
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Torro
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Aridic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    54

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    1891

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    90

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    1A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; very gravelly loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; clay films on nodules and clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03462. many very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228586; patchy - phpvsfiid 228586
    1A12—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03463. Few coarse roots.; many very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1B21t—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on nodules; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03464. Common coarse roots.; few clay films surface features on nodules; common very fine roots; common fine and medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228588; patchy - phpvsfiid 228588
    1B21t—43 to 68 centimeters (16.9 to 26.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03465. few clay films surface features on nodules; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228589; patchy - phpvsfiid 228589
    1B22t—68 to 99 centimeters (26.8 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; cobbly clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films on nodules; 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P03466. few clay films surface features on nodules; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228591; patchy - phpvsfiid 228591
    1B23t—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; extremely cobbly clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on bottoms of plates; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03467. few clay films surface features on bottoms of plates; few very fine roots; few fine to coarse roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228592; patchy - phpvsfiid 228592
    1B3t—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P03468. few very fine roots