IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ORMSBY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005007
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3217
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38346
  • 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: 39.0022240
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7788925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 1,000 feet north and 75 feet west of the south 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: It is located on the A. L. Settlemeyer pasture unit.
  • 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: Mixed, mesic Aquic Durorthidic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ORMSBY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ormsby
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1959 (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

    ACHY

    ARTEM

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    PRAN2

    PRFA

    PURSH

    PURSH

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Prunus andersonii

    Prunus fasciculata

    Purshia

    Purshia

    Indian ricegrass

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    desert peach

    desert almond

    bitterbrush

    bitterbrush

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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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    AP—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25139
    A12—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25140
    C1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25141
    C2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loamy sand; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; hard, rigid, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25142
    C3SI—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly coarse sand; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse faint mottles; massive; hard, rigid, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25143
    C4SI—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly coarse sand; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse faint mottles; massive; hard, rigid, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25144
    C5—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse faint mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25145