IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DONNA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV007002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38371
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 41.1021233
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1320343
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 52E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: The site is about 1,580 feet west and 1,040 feet south of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Mount Diablo base line and meridian.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV612—Tuscarora Mountain Area, Nevada, Parts of Elko, Eureka and Lander Counties
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Langan and E. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Abruptic Aridic Durixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DONNA
  • PSC - 24 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1966 (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

    PHLOX

    PHLOX

    POSE

    POSE

    Phlox

    Phlox

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    phlox

    phlox

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    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

    16

    1798

    406

    8.3

    17.2

    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A25339. Subsample of 19 to 76 mm gravel which contained rhyolite, quartz, and orthoclase.
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A25338. A composite sample of A horizons was obtained by auger at intervals of 7.3 feet from the sampling pit to each satellite.
    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; massive parts to weak fine platy; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25329
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25330
    A&B—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25331
    B2T—24 to 48 centimeters (9.4 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.4 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25332
    B3T—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25333. continuous - phpvsfiid 188337; continuous - phpvsfiid 188337
    2C1SICAM—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A25335. Subsample of the indurated silica laminae, <19mm soil was ground whole.
    2C1SICAM—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25334. Subsample of friable material.
    2C2SICAM—66 to 75 centimeters (26.0 to 29.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25336
    2C3SIM—75 to 97 centimeters (29.5 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; massive; extremely hard, very firm, strongly coherent by silica, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25337