IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bienfait

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1994NV033004

User Pedon ID: 94NV033004

Vegetation Plot ID: S1994NV033004

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 94P0729

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66902

Print Date: 2/16/2025

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: 39.6074371

Std. Longitude: -114.3447418

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: No township and range on USGS quad sheet.

Map Unit: 3205—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-E3—White Cloud Point, Nevada

PEDON

Describers Name: Gary Medlyn, Paul LaVallee

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 4

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Bienfait

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Camborthids

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/13/1994

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: fan remnant

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: somewhat excessively

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: 76

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

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 ARSP5 ATCO ATCO EULA5 HIJA ORHY PLEUR12 SPCR SPHAE SPHAE STCO4	Achnatherum hymenoides Artemisia spinescens Atriplex confertifolia Atriplex confertifolia Eurotia lanata Hilaria jamesii Oryzopsis hymenoides Pleuraphis Sporobolus cryptandrus Sphaeralcea Sphaeralcea Stipa comata	Indian ricegrass — shadscale saltbush shadscale saltbush — — — galleta grass sand dropseed globemallow globemallow —	— — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon secondary carbonates	0—18 7—30 30—152	—- —- —-

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
3	—	—	1908	—	240	170	—	—	10	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 11 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 9 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 5.4000001 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P05503; dry when described;

Bw—7 to 30 centimeters (2.8 to 11.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.9 medium roots; 0.9 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 9 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 7.19999981 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P05504; dry when described;

Bk1—30 to 62 centimeters (11.8 to 24.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; 76 percent sand; 7 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.9 medium roots; 0.9 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 11 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 6.5999999 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P05505; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 193959; continuous - phpvsfiid 193959

Bk2—62 to 92 centimeters (24.4 to 36.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.9 fine roots; 0.9 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, coarse crystal fragments; 15.6000004 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05506; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 193960; continuous - phpvsfiid 193960

2Ck—92 to 152 centimeters (36.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 83 percent sand; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 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; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 94P05507; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 180719; continuous - phpvsfiid 180719