IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): INDIAN CREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NV005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NV005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NV005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3151
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38280
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 38.8430557
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6836090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 500 feet east and 1,800 feet north of the south 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic, mesic, shallow Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - INDIAN CREEK
  • PSC - 13 to 47 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indian Creek
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1960 (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

    JUNIP

    PURSH

    PURSH

    Bromus tectorum

    Juniperus

    Purshia

    Purshia

    cheatgrass

    juniper

    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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    406

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    10.6

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stones, gravelly loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 75 percent between sand grains; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24611
    A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent between sand grains and 30 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24612
    A&B—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent between sand grains and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24613
    B21t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay; strong medium columnar parts to strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24614
    B22t—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.1 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24615
    B3t—46 to 47 centimeters (18.1 to 18.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent ; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24616
    IIC1sica—47 to 53 centimeters (18.5 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; Error; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24617
    IIC2sica—53 to 97 centimeters (20.9 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; Error; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24618
    IIC3ca—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; Error; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24619
    IIC4—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A24620