IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hunnton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NV013001
  • User Pedon ID: 90NV013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0188
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63235
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.4344444
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5711136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet south, 1780 feet east of NW corner
  • Location Description: 3.75 mile south of Paradise Valley, NV; 1.15 mile west of Hwy 290; 150 yard north of jeep road.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV013—Humboldt

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TSB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hunnton
  • PSC - 99 to 193 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hunnton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vitrixerandic Durarg
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    duripan

    0—25

    99—193

    193—267

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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

    —

    —

    1408

    —

    0

    23

    —

    —

    8

    —

    —

    9

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01151. 10% clay; many very fine roots
    Bw—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01152. 10% clay; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bq—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01153. 10% clay; few very fine and fine roots
    2E/Btq—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01154. variated colors; 40% of horizon contains pockets of clean sand and silt particles; 20% clay; few very fine and fine roots
    2Bt—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01155. tops of prisms are continuously coated with clean sand and silt grains which extend down in sides of vertical ped faces about 3/4 of the way down the horizon (vertical coatings are common); roots mainly between and on ped faces; 48% clay; common pressure faces surface features; few very fine and fine roots
    2Btqk—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01156. bottom 3 cm contains 20% duripan fragments; 37% clay; few medium roots; few very fine roots
    3Bqkm—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; strong coarse platy structure; extremely hard; brittle; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01157. Texture: indurated duripan
    4Bkq—104 to 150 centimeters (40.9 to 59.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01158. 70% gravel, 9% silt, 3% clay