IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gremmers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994NV033003
  • User Pedon ID: 94NV033003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994NV033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0728
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66901
  • 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: 39.7407684
  • Std. Longitude: -114.3083496
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 68E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet west and 2400 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 1323—Gremmers-Zafod-Bienfait association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV033—White Pine
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV779—White Pine County, Nevada, East Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39114-F3—Grass Valley Wash, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Medlyn, Paul LaVallee, Tom McKay
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic, shallow Xereptic Haplodurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gremmers
  • PSC - 0 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gremmers
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Xeric Haplodurid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/1994
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 58
  • 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

    ARARN

    ARNO4

    ATCA2

    HIJA

    ORHY

    PLEUR12

    SPCR

    SPHAE

    SPHAE

    STCO4

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia arbuscula var. nova

    Artemisia nova

    Atriplex canescens

    Hilaria jamesii

    Oryzopsis hymenoides

    Pleuraphis

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sphaeralcea

    Sphaeralcea

    Stipa comata

    Indian ricegrass

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    black sagebrush

    fourwing saltbush

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    galleta grass

    sand dropseed

    globemallow

    globemallow

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    duripan

    strongly coherent

    36 - 56

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    duripan

    0—36

    15—36

    36—56

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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

    8

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    1933

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    270

    230

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    9

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    8

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 11 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 45 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 38 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P05496; dry when described;
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 0.9 coarse roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 12 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05497; dry when described;
    Bk—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; 0.9 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 18 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 13.5 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05498; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 193954; continuous - phpvsfiid 193954
    Bqkm—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; massive; extremely hard, rigid, strong, strongly cemented by carbonates and silica; brittle; slow permeability; 0.9 very fine roots in cracks; 0.9 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct carbonate coats throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05499; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 193955; continuous - phpvsfiid 193955
    Bqk1—56 to 87 centimeters (22.0 to 34.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 3 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 70 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses throughout; 8 percent by volume rounded 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments and 70 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 45.5 percent of percent, by wei; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05500; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 193956; continuous - phpvsfiid 193956
    Bqk2—87 to 135 centimeters (34.3 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 7 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses throughout; 4 percent by volume rounded 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments and 65 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 45.5 percent of percent, by wei; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05501; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 193957; continuous - phpvsfiid 193957
    Cqk—135 to 151 centimeters (53.1 to 59.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 3 percent by volume rounded 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 21 percent of percent, by wei; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6. Lab sample # 94P05502; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 193958; continuous - phpvsfiid 193958