IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fallon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NV001004
  • User Pedon ID: 99NV001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11750
  • 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: 39.4443474
  • Std. Longitude: -118.8093109
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 11
  • 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: 39118-D7—Fallon, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.C. Herriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Oxyaquic Torrifluvents
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fallon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fallon
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic A
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1999
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—38

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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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01746
    AC—15 to 57 centimeters (5.9 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01747
    C1—57 to 82 centimeters (22.4 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam, stratified clay loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01748. redox 7.5YR 6/4 F, 1, d, F3M; texture: (10YR 3/2).
    2C2—82 to 102 centimeters (32.3 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01749. redox 7.5YR 6/4 c, 1, 2, d, F3M; masses strongly effervescent; visible CaCO3: F, 1 CAM.
    2C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand, stratified coarse sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 00P01750. redox 7.5YR 6/4 f, 1, d, F3M.