IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TOIYABE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968NV005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968NV005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968NV005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42999
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.9615669
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8540573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: approximately 300 feet west of center
  • Location Description: Carson Valley Area, Douglas County, Nevada.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV627—Tahoe Basin Area, California and Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid, shallow Typic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TOIYABE
  • PSC - 25 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Toiyabe
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1968 (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

    CHRYS9

    PIJE

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    Pinus jeffreyi

    big sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    Jeffrey pine

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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

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    1713

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00721, 68C00723
    A—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00726
    A11—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00722
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00723
    A13—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00724
    C1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00725