IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beoska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV015307
  • User Pedon ID: 81NV015307
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0320
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50557
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.9960289
  • Std. Longitude: -117.2106552
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 42E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet S AND 900 feet W OF THE NE CORNER
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV015—Lander
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CEJ AND GJS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Duric Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 307
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beoska
  • PSC - 18 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beoska
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Duric Natrargid
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    18—41

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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

    3

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    1540

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    0

    18

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    8.2

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; strong coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01653. 5% GRAVEL.; few fine roots
    1A2/AE—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 16 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct and 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01654. 5% GRAVEL. 20% PF (10YR 7/2).; few fine and medium roots; few fine distinct 10YR53 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR32 mottles
    1Bt—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01655. 5% GRAVEL. PEBBLE LINE AT 7 INCHES. 10% PF (10YR 8/2).; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine and fine roots; few fine and medium roots between peds
    1Btn—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P01656. 5% GRAVEL. 10% PED FACES BLEACHED (10YR 7/2).; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine and fine roots; few fine and medium roots between peds
    1Btnqk—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01657. 10% GRAVEL.; few clay films surface features between sand grains; few fine and medium roots
    1Bqk1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01658. 15% GRAVEL. 30% WEAKLY SILICA CEMENTED DURINODES IN A 30% DISCONTINUOUS WEAKLY SILICA CEMENTED MATRIX.; few very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bqk2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01659. 15% GRAVEL.; few very fine and fine roots
    2Bqk—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; loose, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01660. 15% GRAVEL.
    3Bqky—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy very fine sand; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P01661. 60% gravel. Many very thick gypsum pendants on undersides of gravel and 5% crystalline masses.