IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PREY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NV005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NV005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NV005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3244
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38373
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.0752792
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8072205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: This site is located approximately 400 feet west and 810 feet south of the east 1/4 corner
  • 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PREY
  • PSC - 25 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Prey
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: valley
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1960 (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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    POA

    PURSH

    PURSH

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Poa

    Purshia

    Purshia

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    bluegrass

    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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 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 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25349
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravel, cobbly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25350
    A13—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravel, cobbly loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25351
    B1T—25 to 32 centimeters (9.8 to 12.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravel, cobbly loam; massive; soft, very 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 tubular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25352. continuous - phpvsfiid 188315; continuous - phpvsfiid 188315
    B21T/B2T—32 to 38 centimeters (12.6 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; slightly 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 tubular pores; coats between sand grains and 75 percent brown (10YR 4/3) clay bridges between sand grains and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25353
    C1SIM—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.0 pores; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25354. continuous - phpvsfiid 188319; continuous - phpvsfiid 188319
    C2SIM—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravel, cobbly sandy loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coarse prominent mottles; massive; extremely hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.0 pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25355
    C3SIM—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 0.0 pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25356
    C4SIM—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; Error; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; very fine interstitial pores; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25357