IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cherry Spring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3157
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38286
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.9049034
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1856461
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 51E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: It is about 1,850 feet north and 1,600 feet west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: The site is about 10 miles northeast of Carlin and about 900 feet west of Maggie Creek County Road.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV011—Eureka
  • 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: E. Spencer and L. N. Langan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Haploxerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cherry Spring
  • PSC - 38 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cherry Spring
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1966
  • 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: 5/6/1966 (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

    ACTH7

    ARTR2

    POSE

    POSE

    Achnatherum thurberianum

    Artemisia tridentata

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    Thurber's needlegrass

    big sagebrush

    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

    8

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    1615

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    254

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    8.3

    17.8

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24666
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; strong medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24667
    A3—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24668
    IIB2t—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24669
    IIB3tsic—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent on faces of peds and 30 percent clay films; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24670
    IIIC1sic—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravel; weak medium, and thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, strongly coherent; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24671
    IVC2sica—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravel; weak thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, strongly coherent; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24672
    VC3sica—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravel; massive; very hard, very firm, strongly coherent; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; coats and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24673