IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DAVEY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NV013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NV013005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NV013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3209
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38338
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 41.6271057
  • Std. Longitude: -117.8182068
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet east and 200 feet south of the north 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 4 miles north and 2 miles west of 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: Sandy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DAVEY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Davey
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1961 (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

    Artemisia tridentata

    big sagebrush

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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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    1311

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    305

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    10

    21.7

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sand; weak medium platy parts to single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25098
    2C1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 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 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25099
    3C2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25100
    3C3CA—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25101
    3C4CA—112 to 170 centimeters (44.1 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25102