IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McConnel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NV013300
  • User Pedon ID: 86NV013300
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NV013300
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0762
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59056
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.6282272
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8070831
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV013—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xerollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 300
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McConnel
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xerollic Camborthids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1986 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRW

    BRTE

    POSE

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Bromus tectorum

    Poa secunda

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    cheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—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

    17

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    1318

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 25 percent silt; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04582. 15 percent gravel.; few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 30 percent silt; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04583. 5 percent gravel.; few medium roots; many very fine roots
    1Bw3—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 32 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04584. 22 percent gravel.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    2Bk—40 to 48 centimeters (15.7 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 82 percent sand; 15 percent silt; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04585. 45 percent gravel. CaCO3 on bottom of some coarse fragments.; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    2BC—48 to 59 centimeters (18.9 to 23.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly coarse sand; 87 percent sand; 10 percent silt; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04586. 60 percent gravel. CaCO3 on bottom of some coarse fragments.; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    2BCk—59 to 91 centimeters (23.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly coarse sand; 88 percent sand; 10 percent silt; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04587. 60 percent gravel. CaCO3 on bottom of some coarse fragments.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    3C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); sand; 86 percent sand; 10 percent silt; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P04588. 65 percent gravel. CaCO3 on bottom of some coarse fragments. GRV-LCOS-GRX-COS w/ lenses of gravel 5 to 30 mm thick. Varigated colored sands and gravels.; common very fine roots; many fine roots