IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shagnasty
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980NV011004
  • User Pedon ID: 80NV011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0399
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48177
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 39.8176994
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5223007
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 48E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 763 meters S and 610 meters W of the NE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV011—Eureka

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.E.D.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Argixerolls
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shagnasty
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shagnasty
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Aridic Calcic Argix
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1980 (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

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    1A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02139. few very fine roots throughout; many coarse roots throughout
    1B21t—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02140. few very fine roots throughout; many coarse roots throughout
    2B22t—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02141. Slickensides.; few fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    4B25t—43 to 150 centimeters (16.9 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; many coarse roots throughout; few fine roots throughout
    2B23t—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02142. many medium roots throughout; few fine roots throughout
    3B24t—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P02143. many coarse roots throughout; few fine roots throughout
    5Cr—150 to 152 centimeters (59.1 to 59.8 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled.