IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NV031008
  • User Pedon ID: 88NV031008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NV031008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0688
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60806
  • 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: 41.5941658
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8894424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Vitritorrandic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashone
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Smr303
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Aridic Argixeroll
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    AGSP

    ARAR8

    FEID

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Festuca idahoensis

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    little sagebrush

    Idaho fescue

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—46

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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

    3

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    1902

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    225

    36

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    6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03656. many very fine roots
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03657. many very fine roots
    A3—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03658. common medium roots; many very fine roots
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03659. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bt2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03660. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    C1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03661. 70% weak weathered tuff fragments; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Cr1—74 to 81 centimeters (29.1 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03662. soft tuffaceous bedrock, dig with spade easily; 100% tuffaceous bedrock with some roots in fractures and soft pockets; few very fine roots
    Cr2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fragments. Lab sample # 88P03663. tuffaceous bedrock, can dig with spade with difficulty