IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RENO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3154
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38283
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 38.9436111
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6980591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 1,500 feet north and 900 feet west of the SE corner
  • 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, montmorillonitic, mesic Abruptic Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RENO
  • PSC - 21 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reno
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1959
  • 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    big sagebrush

    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

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    305

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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 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24640
    A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24641
    A&B—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24642
    B21t—22 to 43 centimeters (8.7 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; 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 pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24643. continuous - phpvsfiid 197240; continuous - phpvsfiid 197240
    B22t—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24644
    IIB3t—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24645
    IIC1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 21 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24646
    IIC2ca—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; extremely hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24647
    IIIC3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint and 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24648