IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KIMMERLING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005011
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3226
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38355
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.8666649
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7825012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 50 feet south and 1,245 feet west of the north 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: It is located on the N. Berrum Ranch.
  • 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 Cumulic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KIMMERLING
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1959 (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

    AGGI2

    POA

    TRHY

    TRWO

    Agrostis gigantea

    Poa

    Trifolium hybridum

    Trifolium wormskioldii

    redtop

    bluegrass

    alsike clover

    cows clover

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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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    356

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    10.6

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    O2—10 to 10 centimeters (3.9 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25202
    A11—10 to 43 centimeters (3.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25203
    A12—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25204
    C1—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium faint mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25205
    2C2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) medium prominent and 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) coarse prominent and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; 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; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25206
    3C3G—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; cobbly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 12 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25207