IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shuttle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984NV007118
  • User Pedon ID: 84NV007118
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0618
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54862
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.1374245
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1450119
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 69E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet W and 700 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Dyer, D. Worrel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durixerollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 118
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shuttle
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shuttle
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Durorthidi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1984 (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

    0—13

    13—38

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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

    2

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    1508

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    15

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    9

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    12

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular and 2.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03446. few very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03447. few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1Bw—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03448. common very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1Bqky—38 to 87 centimeters (15.0 to 34.3 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03449. Continuous weak silica and lime cementation with 25% of 20-50 mm hard, firm durinodes.; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few medium gypsum crystals concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    2Cky—87 to 104 centimeters (34.3 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium prominent and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03450. Mottles are relict; 255 discontinuous weak lime and silica cementation in bands.; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few medium gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; few medium prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    3Cy—104 to 155 centimeters (40.9 to 61.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; very gravelly sandy clay; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse prominent and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent coarse cylindrical gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 84P03451. Mottles are relict; 25% discontinuous weak lime and silica cementation in bands.; many coarse gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; few coarse prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous