IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Automal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NV007005
  • User Pedon ID: 89NV007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0570
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61672
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.1430550
  • Std. Longitude: -114.7877808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SE Elko County. 7 miles S and W of US 93 on Cherry Creek Road.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Automal
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Automal
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Calciort
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1989 (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
    • 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

    10

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    1890

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    90

    23

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    8

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate medium and coarse platy, and moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 fine vesicular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03135. most gravels lime coated some with slightly thick 1/4 to 1/2" pendants on undersides; common medium lime masses; gravels partially stratified; many very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse roots
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03136. continuous weak lime cementation; gravels completely lime and silica coated; common hard lime masses; some gravels have pendants on undersides (2mm thick); common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03137. gravels and cobbles completely lime coated with continuous weak lime cementation; many hard medium and coarse lime masses; some silica cementation; few coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    2Bkq1—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03138. gravels and cobbles lime coated; few soft white lime masses and filaments; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    3Bkq2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium single grain; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03139. rock fragments have thin lime coats on undersides; rock fragments have few, fine manganese stains on rock surfaces; common fine manganese stains on ped surfaces; few very fine and fine roots
    4Ck—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03140. lime coatings on undersides of rock fragments; few very fine and fine roots
    5Ck—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P03141. few very fine roots