IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RIO KING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NV013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NV013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NV013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3249
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38378
  • 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: 41.8609886
  • Std. Longitude: -118.2509995
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 33E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 6 1/2 miles north and 2 miles west of the Rio King Ranch headquarters.
  • 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 Aridic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RIO KING
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rio King
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1961 (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

    ARTR2

    BALSA

    BRTE

    GRSP

    Artemisia tridentata

    Balsamorhiza

    Bromus tectorum

    Grayia spinosa

    big sagebrush

    balsamroot

    cheatgrass

    spiny hopsage

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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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    1326

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    254

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    10

    21.1

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; moderate coarse platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25383
    A12—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly 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; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25384
    B1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25385
    B2—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25386
    C1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25387
    C2—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25388
    C3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25389
    2C4—152 to 160 centimeters (59.8 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25390