IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Defler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NV015010
  • User Pedon ID: 83NV015010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0790
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53577
  • 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: 39.2111130
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6877747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 47E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet N and 150 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: About 50 feet E of the trail.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV015—Lander

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Oliver Chadwick, George Staidl, W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Xeric Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Defler
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Defler
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed (calcareous), mesic Xeric To
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1983 (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
    • 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

    2

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    2024

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    225

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    9

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03949. few very fine roots
    1A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak very fine and fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03950. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk1—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; gravelly fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03951. Thin lime coats on underside of pebbles.; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bk2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03952. Thin lime coats cover pebbles.; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk3—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03953. Thin lime coats cover pebbles.; many very fine roots
    1Bk4—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03954. Thin lime coats cover pebbles.; many very fine roots
    2C1—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03955. Common fine lime filaments; very thin lime coats on underside of pebbles.; few very fine roots
    2C2—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03956. Very thin lime coats on underside of pebbles; discontinuous horizontal lime lenses, 1 to 3 mm thick, near upper horizon boundary.
    3C3—145 to 179 centimeters (57.1 to 70.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03957. Very thin lime coats on underside of pebbles; few fine lime filaments.