IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OPHIR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NV005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NV005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NV005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3223
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38352
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 38.9052773
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8233337
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet east and 1800 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: southwestern 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 and R. L. Malchow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • 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 - OPHIR
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ophir
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1961 (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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    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

    3

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    90

    356

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    10.6

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; peat; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25180
    A11—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine gravelly loamy sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25181
    A12—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25182
    A13—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; fine gravelly coarse sand; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A25183
    A14G—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine gravelly sand; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25184
    C1G—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine gravelly sand; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) coarse distinct and 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25185
    C2G—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; fine gravelly coarse sand; brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) coarse distinct mottles; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25186