IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Snacreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NV033002
  • User Pedon ID: 91NV033002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NV033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0144
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64383
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 38.9533348
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2558365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wheeler Peak. 7.5 feet Quad., Great Basin National Park.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV033—White Pine

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: EWB, IR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Cryoborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Snacreek
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snacreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Entic Cryumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    PIEN

    PIFL

    POTR2

    Picea engelmannii

    Pieris floribunda

    Poa trivialis

    Engelmann spruce

    mountain fetterbush

    rough bluegrass

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

    umbric epipedon

    0—46

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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

    30

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    2987

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    0

    64

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    4

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. partially decomposed POTR2 litter
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00964. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A3—23 to 49 centimeters (9.1 to 19.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00965. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    C1—49 to 77 centimeters (19.3 to 30.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 55 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    C2—77 to 120 centimeters (30.3 to 47.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. common very fine and fine roots