IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cleaver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NV625S005jbf
  • User Pedon ID: S08NV019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008NV625S005jbf
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0490
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20051
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.2439995
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2319183
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Regional Office: 3obsolete—Reno, NV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV625—Lyon County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ewb, jbf, sch, amb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Typic Argidurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cleaver
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cleaver
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Typic Ar
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R027XY018NV GRAVELLY LOAM 4-8 P.Z.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/2008 (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

    SAVE4

    ATCO

    EPNE

    BRTE

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Ephedra nevadensis

    Bromus tectorum

    greasewood

    shadscale saltbush

    Nevada jointfir

    cheatgrass

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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

    4

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    270

    150

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    120

    11.5

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    13

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 11 percent clay; moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.4 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.4 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03184
    A2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate thin platy, and moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.4 very fine and fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03185
    Bt—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03186
    Btk—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03187
    Bkqm—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; cemented material; massive; indurated; 0.3 very fine roots in cracks; 5 percent by volume 250-350-450 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03188
    Bkq1—51 to 99 centimeters (20.1 to 39.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 35 percent strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 250-350-450 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03189
    Bkq2—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 20 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 20 percent strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 250-350-450 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03190
    2Bkqy1—142 to 197 centimeters (55.9 to 77.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent strongly coherent cemented silica concretions around rock fragments and 20 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 20 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and fine noncoherent cemented barite crystals; 5 percent by volume 250-350-450 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03191
    2Bkqy2—197 to 216 centimeters (77.6 to 85.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese masses on faces of peds; 20 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 20 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 10 percent strongly coherent cemented silica concretions around rock fragments and fine noncoherent cemented barite crystals; 1 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7. Lab sample # 08N03192