IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GARDNERVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3172
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38301
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.0119438
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7552795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 30 feet east and 50 feet south of the northeast corner of the Douglas-Tahoe airport. It is approximately 1,200 feet west and 50 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Carson Valley.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV773—Douglas County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GARDNERVILLE
  • PSC - 5 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gardnerville
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - artificial cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - urban and built-up
  • 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

    ATCO

    ATCO

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    LECI4

    Artemisia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Leymus cinereus

    sagebrush

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    basin wildrye

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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

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    10.6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24787
    IIB1t—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24788. patchy - phpvsfiid 188261; patchy - phpvsfiid 188261
    IIB2t—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate very fine columnar structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24789. continuous - phpvsfiid 188262; continuous - phpvsfiid 188262
    IIB3t—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24790. continuous - phpvsfiid 188263; continuous - phpvsfiid 188263
    IIC1sim—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine distinct and 3 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, rigid, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24791
    IIC2sim—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; hard, rigid, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24792
    IIIC3sim—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; hard, rigid, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24793
    IVC4—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified coarse sand to sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24794
    VC5sim—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; gravelly coarse sand, stratified fine sand, sand; massive; hard, rigid, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24795