IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tusel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV007503
  • User Pedon ID: 79NV007503
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0259
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46992
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 40.4000015
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9366684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 53E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 365 meters E and 55 meters S of the NE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 503
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tusel
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tusel
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1979 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    40

    2164

    270

    1A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01367. common fine roots
    1A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter organic fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01368. common fine and medium roots
    1B1t—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; very gravelly clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01369. common fine and medium roots
    1B2t—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01370. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots
    1B3t—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very gravelly clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on nodules; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01371. few very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 228730; patchy - phpvsfiid 228730
    1C1—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter organic fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01372. Extremely gravelly lenses about 1 to 3 inches thick and 5 inches apart.; few very fine roots