IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cobre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984NV007111
  • User Pedon ID: 84NV007111
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0613
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54857
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.1393700
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4100266
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: Approx. 90 meters E and 180 meters S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Elko County, NV. Approx. 3 km NW of Cobre
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Worrel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Vitrixerandic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 111
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cobre
  • PSC - 28 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cobre
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: pediment
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Bedrock: with 100 to <200
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (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

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—10

    10—71

    71—81

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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

    8

    —

    —

    1848

    —

    180

    23

    —

    —

    9

    —

    —

    10

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03414. common very fine roots
    1A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03415. common very fine roots; common fine roots
    1Bw1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03416. 5% soft ashy tuff fragments less than 1 cm.; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bw2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03417. Thin lime coats on tops, bottoms ofpebbles. Strongly effervescent in small areas. 5% soft ashy tuff fragments less than 1 cm.; common very fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bqk1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent coarse cylindrical durinodes; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03418. Thin lime coats on tops, bottoms of pebbles. 20% hard 5-15 mm durinodes. 5% soft ashy tuff fragments less than 1 cm.; common coarse durinodes concentrations; common very fine roots
    1Bqk2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent coarse cylindrical durinodes; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P03419. Thin lime coats on tops and bottoms of pebbles. Roots occur along horizontal planes. 20% hard 5-15 mm durinodes. 5% soft ashy tuff fragments less than 1 cm.; common coarse durinodes concentrations; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    2Cr—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) unknown texture; fragments. Lab sample # 84P03420. Very ashy soft tuff.