IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Cresal
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1988NV013008
User Pedon ID:
88NV013008
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
88P0697
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
60815
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:
41.6019440
Std. Longitude:
-118.4377747
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
East Humboldt, Nevada. Desert Valley moisture site.
State:
Nevada
County:
NV013—Humboldt
PEDON
Describers Name:
Russ Barmore
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Durorthidic Torriorthents
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
8
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Cresal
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Smr500
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Camborthid
Classificaton Date -
5/1/1988
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Moisture SUBClass -
xeric
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
plains
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
5/1/1988 (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
0—0
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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
0
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A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; strong medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03715
A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03716. many very fine roots
Bw—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03717. common silica coats on ped faces; common very fine roots
Bqk1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03718. few very fine and fine roots
Bqk2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03719. few very fine roots
Bqk3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03720. few very fine roots
2Bk1—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03721. few very fine roots
2Bk2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 88P03722. trace of gypsum in soft filaments; few very fine roots