IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OPHIR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NV005003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NV005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NV005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3224
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38353
  • 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: 38.8672218
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8016663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 1,400 feet west of the southwest 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
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • 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 - 8/11/1961
  • 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: 8/11/1961 (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

    4

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    45

    356

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    10.6

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    O1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25187
    A11—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine gravelly loam; dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25188
    A12—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine gravelly loamy sand; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25189
    C1G—38 to 54 centimeters (15.0 to 21.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine gravelly sand; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) coarse prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25190
    C2—54 to 71 centimeters (21.3 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine gravelly loamy sand; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25191
    C3G—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; sand; 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) coarse prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25192
    C4G—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; fine gravelly sand; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) coarse prominent mottles; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25193