IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Wintermute
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1989NV007004
User Pedon ID:
89NV007004
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1989NV007004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
89P0569
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
61671
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:
40.1736107
Std. Longitude:
-114.7491684
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
SE Elko County. About 5 miles SW of Currie NV in Steptoe Valley.
State:
Nevada
County:
NV007—Elko
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Duric Calciorthids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Wintermute
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Wintermute
Classificaton Date -
4/1/1989
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/1/1989 (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
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
EULA5
SIHY
Eurotia lanata
Sitanion hystrix
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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
4
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1829
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90
20
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9
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A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate coarse platy, and strong medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine vesicular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03129. few very fine and fine roots
Bk—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03130. rock fragments have thin lime coats on undersides; few slightly hard lime massed in lower portion of layer; common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
2Bqk1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03131. rock fragments are lime and silica coated with 2-3 mm pendants; many of the roots are exped and matted against the rock fragments; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
2Bqk2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03132. rock fragments are lime and silica coated with 2-3 mm pendants; many of the roots are exped and matted against the rock fragments; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
2Bqk3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03133. thin lime and silica coats on undersides of rock fragments; common slightly hard lime masses; few very fine and fine roots
2Cqk—102 to 178 centimeters (40.2 to 70.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P03134. 1-2mm lime coats and 2-3mm lime pendants on undersides of rock fragments; fragments weakly stratified; common soft lime and gypsum filaments; few very fine and fine roots