IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chuckles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NV031001
  • User Pedon ID: 87NV031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0777
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60072
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.1536102
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9816666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet S and 1000 feet W from NE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthids
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chuckles
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chuckles
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 medium and coarse vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots
    1A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common medium roots
    1Bw—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04231. many pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; many fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    1Bk—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; dark brown (10YR 3/3) coats on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog.
    2C1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; loam; 21 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine and fine roots; very few to few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    2C2—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Strong medium angular blocky but is massive in place and resembles rock structure. Has all kinds of little flecks iron like. Compacted lacustrine sediments.; few very fine roots; very few to few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles