IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Esmod
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NV031004
  • User Pedon ID: 89NV031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989NV031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0832
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61931
  • 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: 41.9066658
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4441681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sheldon SNOTEL site.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, mesic Argidic Durixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Esmod
  • PSC - 18 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Espill
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Durixeroll
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (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

    ARAR8

    POCA

    STTH2

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Poa canbyi

    Stipa thurberiana

    little sagebrush

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    duripan

    0—28

    18—43

    43—0

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    6

    —

    —

    1786

    —

    270

    28

    —

    —

    8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    Sheldon

    SNOTEL
    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine vesicular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04813. common very fine roots
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04814. many very fine roots
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04815. 1-3mm silica pendants on undersides of larger coarse fragments; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Bt2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04816. slickensides with striations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Bqm—43 centimeters (16.9 inches); fragments. indurated duripan