IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bidrim
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998NV031009
  • User Pedon ID: 98NV031009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998NV031009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0162
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11021
  • 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: 41.9258347
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9263916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet west and 1,650 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 3.5 miles northeast of Barrel Springs and east of road along powerline.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41119-H8—Barrel Springs, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SES, TM, JVC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, mesic Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bidrim
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bidrim
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, smectitic, mesic Lithic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1998
  • Moisture Class - 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: 12/1/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ARTEM

    Artemisia

    sagebrush

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    8—33

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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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    1758

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    279

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    7

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; extremely stony loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00815. 20 percent pebbles; (pH 68);(1 or 2 inches thick)
    A2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; very stony loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00816. 20% pebbles; (pH 7.0); (1 or 2 inches thick)
    Bt—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00817. vertical cracks 5 to 16 millimeters wide and 5 to 7 inches apart extended through horizon; 10 percent pebbles; (pH 70); ( 3 to 8 inches thick)
    Btss—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00818. common slickensides; vertical cracks 5 to 16 millimeters wide and 5 to 7 inches apart extend through horizon; 10% pebbles; (2 to 6 inches thick)
    R—30 centimeters (11.8 inches); fragments. hard, massive vesicular basalt with fractures.