IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tinpan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NV031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NV031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NV031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3173
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38302
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.9215279
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8549347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: Near the northwest corner
  • Location Description: on the plateau adjacent to the north flank of Bally Mountain summit.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV759—Washoe County, Nevada, North Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan and R. L. Malchow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tinpan
  • PSC - 41 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Catnip
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plateau
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1961 (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

    ARAR8

    PHLOX

    PHLOX

    POSE

    POSE

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Phlox

    Phlox

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    little sagebrush

    phlox

    phlox

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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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    2134

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    356

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    6.7

    17.8

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very stony loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24796
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24797
    B21t—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; strong medium columnar structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24798
    B22t—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong fine prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24799
    B23t—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24800
    B24t—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24801
    B3tca—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay; 1 percent black (N 2/0) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A24802
    R—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay; 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) medium distinct mottles; 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A24803