IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Relley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV015304
  • User Pedon ID: 81NV015304
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0326
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50563
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 39.8199196
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3753815
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet S and 1700 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV015—Lander
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CEJ and GJS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Duric Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 304
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Relley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Relley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Duric Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1981 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    20—33

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    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

    1

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    1618

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    0

    178

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    8.2

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 50 percent sand; 73 percent silt; strong medium platy, and moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01686. 22% clay.; few fine roots
    1A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 75 percent silt; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01687. 22% clay.; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bw—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 50 percent sand; 74 percent silt; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01688. 21% clay.; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bqk1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 80 percent sand; 72 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01689. 20% clay; 10% cementation with durinodes.; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bqk2—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01690. 10% clay; 10% cementation with durinodes.; few very fine and fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1Bqky—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 22 percent sand; 54 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01691. 12% clay; 20% cementation with durinodes.; few very fine roots
    1Bqk—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01692. 15% clay; 30% cementation with durinodes. Influenced by volcanic ash.; few very fine roots; many fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1Bk—137 to 188 centimeters (53.9 to 74.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 35 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P01693. 10% clay.; few very fine roots