IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RIO KING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NV013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NV013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NV013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3250
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38379
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 41.8462639
  • Std. Longitude: -118.2512741
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 33E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1,500 feet west and 100 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 5 1/2 miles north and 2 miles west of 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
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25391
    A12—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25392
    A13—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25393
    B2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25394
    C1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25395
    C2—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25396
    2C3—124 to 168 centimeters (48.8 to 66.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; stony fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25397
    3C4—168 to 175 centimeters (66.1 to 68.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25398
    3C5—175 to 180 centimeters (68.9 to 70.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A25399