IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TURRIA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005005
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3163
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38292
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 38.9972229
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7219467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 100 feet south and 300 feet east of the north 1/4 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TURRIA
  • PSC - 10 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Turria
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1959 (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

    BRTE

    GRSP

    TETRA3

    Bromus tectorum

    Grayia spinosa

    Tetradymia

    cheatgrass

    spiny hopsage

    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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24707
    B1t—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate 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 and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24708
    B2t—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24709
    B3t—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24710. continuous - phpvsfiid 197244; continuous - phpvsfiid 197244
    C1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24711. continuous - phpvsfiid 197245; continuous - phpvsfiid 197245
    IIC2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24712
    IIC3—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24713
    IIC4—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24714
    IIIC5—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24715