IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orovada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NV013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NV013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NV013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3177
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38306
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 41.5690498
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7940369
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet west and 200 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 0.4 miles west of Orovada Mercantile Store, Orovada.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV013—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV777—Humboldt County, Nevada, East Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leland I. Larsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Duric Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orovada
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orovada
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1961 (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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    big sagebrush

    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

    1

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    1295

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    254

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    10

    21.7

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium platy, and moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine vesicular and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24824
    B21—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24825
    B22—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24826
    C1si—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24827
    C2sica—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24828
    C3sica—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24829
    C4si—145 to 157 centimeters (57.1 to 61.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24830
    C5—157 to 185 centimeters (61.8 to 72.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24831