IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WASHOE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005009
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3161
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38290
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.8738899
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7399979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: It is approximately 300 feet east and 75 feet south of center
  • Location Description: Carson Valley. The site is located approximately 300 feet south of the Dressler dump area.
  • 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: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xerollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WASHOE
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Washoe
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1959 (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

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    EPVI

    EPVI

    PRAN2

    PRFA

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Prunus andersonii

    Prunus fasciculata

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    desert peach

    desert almond

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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); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24691
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; cobbly coarse sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24692
    A3—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24693
    B1t—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24694. patchy - phpvsfiid 197252; patchy - phpvsfiid 197252
    B2t—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24695. continuous - phpvsfiid 197253; continuous - phpvsfiid 197253
    IIB31t—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay films between sand grains and coats between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24696. continuous - phpvsfiid 188267; continuous - phpvsfiid 188267
    IIB32t—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24697
    IIC1—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A24698