IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kumiva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NV031002
  • User Pedon ID: 88NV031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NV031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0682
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60800
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.4644432
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3533325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Dollarhide and Otto Baumer.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durixerollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kumiva
  • PSC - 10 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Smr305
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Duric Camborthid
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARSP5

    BRTE

    GRSP

    Artemisia spinescens

    Bromus tectorum

    Grayia spinosa

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    cheatgrass

    spiny hopsage

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

    cambic horizon

    15—30

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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

    2

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    1362

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    270

    18

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    11

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03613. many very fine roots
    A2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine vesicular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03614. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03615. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bkq—30 to 36 centimeters (11.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine platy structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03616. few very fine roots
    3R—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03617. common very fine and fine roots
    2Bqk—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam, loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03618. common very fine and fine roots
    3Bqk—99 to 157 centimeters (39.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03619. few fine roots
    4C—157 to 175 centimeters (61.8 to 68.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03620. common very fine and fine roots