IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): saralegui
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NV019007
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NV019007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NV019007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0110
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43683
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.8449097
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3432083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2780 feet south and 1410 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 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, mesic Xeralfic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - saralegui
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • 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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    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 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; single grain; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00568; dry when described;
    A2—7 to 19 centimeters (2.8 to 7.5 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy loam, fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 vesicular pores; silt coats between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00569; dry when described;
    Bt1—19 to 25 centimeters (7.5 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay bridges and 30 percent thin clay films between sand grains; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00570; dry when described;
    Bt21—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; thin clay films between sand grains and 10 percent pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay bridges; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00571; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 274455; continuous - phpvsfiid 274455
    Bt22—40 to 54 centimeters (15.7 to 21.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; thin clay films between sand grains and 10 percent thin clay bridges; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00572; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 274458; continuous - phpvsfiid 274458
    Bt3—54 to 70 centimeters (21.3 to 27.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay films between sand grains; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00573; dry when described;
    C1—70 to 120 centimeters (27.6 to 47.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; coarse 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 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00574; dry when described;
    C2—120 to 190 centimeters (47.2 to 74.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; stratified coarse sand, sand; single grain; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 69C00575; dry when described;