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:
11/23/2024
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
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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