IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NINEMILE

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1969NV031008

User Pedon ID: S1969NV031008

Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NV031008

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 69C0088

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43661

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: 40.8584862

Std. Longitude: -119.8910294

Datum: WGS84

Township: 34N

Range: 19E

Section: 6

PLSS Details: 1800 feet S of the N 1/4 corner

State: Nevada

County: NV031—Washoe

MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV617—Surprise Valley-Home Camp Area, California and Nevada

PEDON

Describers Name: H. B. Summerfield and E. L. Spencer

Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic, frigid, shallow Typic Camborthids

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 8

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - NINEMILE

PSC - 11 to 48 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Unnamed

Classificaton Date - 9/10/1969

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: Nearly level plateau

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/10/1969 (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
ARTEM ELELB2 POSE	Artemisia Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius Poa secunda	sagebrush squirreltail Sandberg bluegrass	— — —	— — —	— — —

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
—	—	—	1830	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

R—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 69C00432

A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; stony clay; strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00427

A12—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00428

B21t—11 to 30 centimeters (4.3 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent slickensides (geogenic) and 3 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00429

B22t—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent slickensides (geogenic) and 3 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00430

C—48 to 65 centimeters (18.9 to 25.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very firm; 0.5 very fine pores; 3 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00431