IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Rocconda
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1986NV013306
User Pedon ID:
86NV013306
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
86P0769
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
59063
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:
40.9560127
Std. Longitude:
-117.3987274
Datum:
WGS84
State:
Nevada
County:
NV013—Humboldt
MLRA:
24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, mesic Lithic Xerollic Haplargids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
306
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Rocconda
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Rocconda
Taxonomic Class -
Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, mesic Lithic Xe
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
8/1/1986
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Moisture SUBClass -
xeric
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
hillside or mountainside
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/1/1986 (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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—15
8—18
—-
—-
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
15
—
—
1519
—
0
23
—
—
9
—
—
10
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; very channery very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 25 percent silt; moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 5.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04627. common very fine roots
1A2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; very channery loam; 50 percent sand; 25 percent silt; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04628. common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
1Bt—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; extremely channery clay; 25 percent sand; 30 percent silt; moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P04629. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
1R—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior; fragments. Fractured phylite with clay and roots extending into fractures. Common thin white (2.5Y 8/2) silica lime pendants on rock fragments.