IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Summermute

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1994NV033005

User Pedon ID: 94NV033005

Vegetation Plot ID: S1994NV033005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 94P0730

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66903

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: 39.6763229

Std. Longitude: -114.5583572

Datum: WGS84

Township: 21N

Range: 66E

Section: 21

PLSS Details: 550 feet north and 450 feet east of southwest corner

Map Unit: 3060—Escalante-Summermute-Jericho 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-F5—Silver Canyon, Nevada

PEDON

Describers Name: Paul Lavallee, Gary Medlyn

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic Durinodic Haplocalcids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 5

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Summermute

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Summermute

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Durinodic Haplocalcid

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 7/13/1994

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: fan remnant

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

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: 56

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 calcic horizon	0—28 28—109	—- —-

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
7	—	—	1920	—	90	170	—	—	10	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.9 very fine to medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 2 percent of percent, by wei; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05508; dry when described;

Bw—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 16 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 10 percent of percent, by wei; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05509; dry when described;

Bk—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 45 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.9 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 40 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 8 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05510; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 180720; continuous - phpvsfiid 180720

2Bqk1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 8 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 0.9 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 40 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 16 percent of percent, by wei; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05511; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 180721; continuous - phpvsfiid 180721

2Bqk2—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 10 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 15 percent of percent, by wei; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05512; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 180722; continuous - phpvsfiid 180722

2Cqk—109 to 151 centimeters (42.9 to 59.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 2 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; 13 percent of percent, by wei; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2. Lab sample # 94P05513; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 180723; continuous - phpvsfiid 180723