IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): saralegui
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NV019006
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NV019006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NV019006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0109
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43682
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8454628
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3426514
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2650 feet south and 1420 feet east of the Northwest corner
  • Location Description: On the Beaman-Nordyke Bench about 3 1/4 miles north of Smith, Nevada
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV625—Lyon County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. E. Witty & E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Xeralfic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - saralegui
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy lacustrine deposits derived from igneous rock
  • Landform: broad, nearly level lake plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1969 (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

    Artemisia tridentata

    big sagebrush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    duripan

    147—156

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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

    1

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    1460

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    203

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    11

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sand; single grain; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00561; dry when described;
    A2—5 to 21 centimeters (2.0 to 8.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00562; dry when described;
    Bt1—21 to 28 centimeters (8.3 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 interstitial pores; thin clay films between sand grains and 10 percent thin clay bridges; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00563; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 274484; continuous - phpvsfiid 274484
    Bt21—28 to 45 centimeters (11.0 to 17.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; thin clay films between sand grains and 30 percent thin clay bridges; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00564; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 274487; continuous - phpvsfiid 274487
    Bt22—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; thin clay films between sand grains and 75 percent thin clay bridges; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00565; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 274489; continuous - phpvsfiid 274489
    Bt3—70 to 92 centimeters (27.6 to 36.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; thin clay films between sand grains; 10 percent durinodes; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00566; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 274490; continuous - phpvsfiid 274490
    C1—92 to 147 centimeters (36.2 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; coarse sand; single grain; 0.5 roots top of horizon; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00567; dry when described;
    2Cascm2—147 to 156 centimeters (57.9 to 61.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and white (10YR 8/1), brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; cemented material; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent; top of horizon; 30 percent fine carbonate nodules; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, bromthymol blue.; dry when described;