IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reno
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38282
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 38.9269447
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6980591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 600 feet south and 900 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Carson Valley. 4,600 feet south entered should be 600 feet south
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Abruptic Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reno
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Abruptic Xerollic Durargids
  • PSC - 13 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1959
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1959 (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

    ARTEM

    BRTE

    JUNIP

    TETRA3

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Juniperus

    Tetradymia

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    juniper

    horsebrush

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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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    254

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    10.6

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24631
    A2—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24632
    A&B—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24633
    B21t—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay; strong medium columnar structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 21.0 pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24634
    B22t—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 21.0 pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24635
    IIB3t—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24636
    IIIC1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24637
    IIIC2ca—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; extremely hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24638
    IVC3—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24639