IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KIMMERLING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV005012
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV005012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV005012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3225
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38354
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.8816681
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7930527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: Site is located approximately 1,000 feet east and 100 feet north of the south 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: It is located on the F. Dressler Ranch, 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 Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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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    406

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    10.6

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    O2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25194
    A11—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25195
    A12—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25196
    A13—31 to 44 centimeters (12.2 to 17.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25197
    C1—44 to 59 centimeters (17.3 to 23.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; fine gravelly sandy loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct and 21 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25198
    C2G—59 to 77 centimeters (23.2 to 30.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) fine prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25199
    C3—77 to 120 centimeters (30.3 to 47.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; Error; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25200
    C4G—120 to 132 centimeters (47.2 to 52.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; stony coarse sandy loam; 21 percent dark greenish gray (5GY 3/1) coarse prominent mottles; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25201