IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shabliss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV023001
  • User Pedon ID: 79NV023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0185
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47963
  • 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: 38.9327774
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6927795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Nye County, Nevada. Monitor Valley.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV023—Nye
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. P. Zimmerman and G. Borst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Xereptic Haplodurids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shabliss
  • PSC - 0 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stoneberger
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, frigid, shallow Haploxerollic Durort
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1979 (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

    3

    2055

    1A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00921. few very fine and fine roots
    1B2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00922. common very fine and fine roots
    1B3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00923. few very fine and fine roots
    1C1sicam—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, moist; unknown texture; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00924
    2C2sica—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00925. Large white (10YR 8/1) weakly silica cemented masses are about 30 percent of the volume.; common very fine roots
    2C3ca—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00926. White limey layer about 3 inches thick along the upper boundary.; common very fine roots; many very fine roots
    3C4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00927