IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): INDIAN CREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NV005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NV005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NV005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3152
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38281
  • 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: 38.8430557
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6813889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 1,520 feet west and 1,500 feet north of the southeast 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: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - INDIAN CREEK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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

    Bromus tectorum

    cheatgrass

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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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stony loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate fine platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent between sand grains; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24621
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 75 percent between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24622
    A&B—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and 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; slightly acid, pH 6.1, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24623
    B21—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium columnar structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24624
    B22—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), 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; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24625
    B3—48 to 51 centimeters (18.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24626
    IIC1sica—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24627
    IIC2sica—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; Error; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 65 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24628
    IIC3ca—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; Error; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24629
    IIC4—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; Error; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A24630