IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Celeton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NV001003
  • User Pedon ID: 99NV001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999NV001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11749
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.5199013
  • Std. Longitude: -119.0968170
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 8
  • Location Description: FFSS Churchill County, NV.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV001—Churchill
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV603—Fallon-Fernley Area, Nevada, Parts of Churchill, Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-E1—Hazen, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.C. Herriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic, shallow Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Celeton
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Celeton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic, shal
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1999 (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

    ATCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    shadscale saltbush

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—25

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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

    12

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    1350

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; 8 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01741. rock fragments: 20% paragravels & gravels, 40% pebbles.
    A2—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01742. 30% paragravel rock fragments.
    2C1—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; massive, and platy; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 medium and coarse pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01743. 70% paragravels.
    2C2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive, and platy; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 medium and coarse pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01744. 85% paragravels.
    2Cr—41 to 60 centimeters (16.1 to 23.6 inches);, white (N 8/),, dry; hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 00P01745. diatomite or tuff moist color; BG structure.