IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Turba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NV017009
  • User Pedon ID: 86NV017009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0885
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59179
  • 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: 37.3311119
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2216644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 69E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2370 feet E and 625 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Clover mountains, Eastern slopes to Tule Desert
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • 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 #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Turba
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Motoqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Lithic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • 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
    • 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

    36

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    1697

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    315

    30

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Pinestraw litter.
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 25 percent silt; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05331. many very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt1—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 45 percent sand; 27 percent silt; strong fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05332. many very fine roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bt2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 45 percent sand; 21 percent silt; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 6 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05333. common very fine and fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    Bt3—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 20 percent silt; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05334. common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    R—51 to 75 centimeters (20.1 to 29.5 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Fractured andesite bedrock with GRV-SCL material between fractures.