IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ADELAIDE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV027004
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV027004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3185
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38314
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 40.8207245
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7393036
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: It is 400 feet west of the east 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: The site is about 10 miles south of Winnemucca and 0.6 mile northwest of the Sonoma Ranch headquarters. Mount Diablo base line and meridian.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV769—Pershing County, Nevada, East Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan and L. Larsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Entic Durorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ADELAIDE
  • PSC - 51 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adelaide
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1966
  • 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: 5/12/1966 (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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    LEPID

    POSE

    POSE

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Lepidium

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    pepperweed

    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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    1359

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    254

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    10.6

    18.3

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24900
    B2—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24901. contains two discontinuous 1 mm wavy silica laminae that are very hard, very firm and brittle occur in the lower 4 inches.
    C1sim—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; massive; very hard, very firm, strongly coherent by silica; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24902. strongly cemented duripan with mostly horizontal but including many unoriented discontinuous silica laminae containing few coarse prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on laminae surfaces. Contains few coarse brown (10YR 4/3) silica bridges between sand grains.
    C2sica—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 21 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24903. contains 40 percent very hard, very firm 1 to 5 mm durinodes; matrix is strongly effervescent but violently effervescent in spots.
    2B11tsic—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24904. contains 15 percent, 5 mm or less, very hard, firm, brittle durinodes; matrix is strongly effervescent but violently effervescent in spots.
    2B12tcab—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24905. contains 5 percent, 10 mm or less, very hard, firm, brittle durinodes; matrix is strongly effervescent but violently effervescent in spots.
    2B2tcsca—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24906. matrix is noneffervescent but strongly effervescent in spots.
    IIB3tcab—94 to 102 centimeters (37.0 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loam; 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24907. matrix is effervescent but violently effervescent in spots.
    2C1sicab—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24908. matrix is strongly effervescent but violently effervescent in spots.
    2C2sicam—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24909. Nonindurated portion sampled-40A24910.
    3C3sicab—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; Error; massive; very hard, firm; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24911