IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GRASSVAL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NV023007
  • User Pedon ID: 92NV023007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NV023007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0576
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64815
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 38.6222229
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7088852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 47E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet N and 1600 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV023—Nye
  • MLRA: 28B—Central Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV781—Nye County, Nevada, Northwest Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WDM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GRASSVAL
  • PSC - 0 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grassval
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Xerollic Durargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1990
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    ARNO4

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia nova

    Indian ricegrass

    black sagebrush

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    duripan

    0—7

    7—27

    27—100

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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

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    2179

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    340

    229

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    10

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    8.3

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03361
    Bt1—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03362
    Bt2—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03363
    Bykm—27 to 113 centimeters (10.6 to 44.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P03364. laminar capped very strongly cemented duripan