IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Loray
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1983NV007012
User Pedon ID:
83NV007012
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
84P0617
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
54861
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
41.2502022
Std. Longitude:
-114.1452942
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
39N
Range:
69E
Section:
22
PLSS Details:
Approximately 565 meters W and 670 meters S of the NE corner
Location Description:
Elko County, NV.
State:
Nevada
County:
NV007—Elko
MLRA:
28B—Central Nevada Basin and Range
PEDON
Describers Name:
Worrel
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Durixerollic Calciorthids
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
12
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Loray
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Loray
Taxonomic Class -
Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Torriorthent
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
9/1/1983
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
piedmont
Landform:
alluvial fan
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Position:
on a slope
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
very poorly
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/1/1983 (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
ochric epipedon
0—13
—-
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
33
—
—
1497
—
17
—
—
8
—
—
10
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loam; moderate coarse platy, and weak very fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03439. common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
1A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03440. Thin lime coats on bottom of pebbles.; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
1B—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03441. Thin lime coats on bottoms of pebbles.; common very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
1C—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03442. Thin lime coats on bottom of pebbles.; common very fine roots; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
2C1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P03443. 1-2 mm lime pendants on botoms of pebbles, tops generally clean. 20% strong lime cementation. Weak lime cementation (30-50% discontinuous) about 1.5 inches or less thick, banded along lower horizon boundary and as vertical seams extending in; common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
2C2—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 84P03444. 1-2 mm lime pendants bottoms of pebbles/cobbles, tops generally clean.; common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
2C2—86 to 165 centimeters (33.9 to 65.0 inches); extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 84P03445. 1-2 mm lime pendants bottoms of pebbles/cobbles, tops generally clean.; common very fine roots