IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FERVER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NV031010
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NV031010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NV031010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43663
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.8931923
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9607697
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet N AND 1320 feet E OF THE SW CORNER
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV759—Washoe County, Nevada, North Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.F. Peterson and H. B. Summerfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Abruptic Xerollic Durargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FERVER
  • PSC - 8 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fertaline
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Abruptic Durargid
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1969
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed basic volcanic ash
  • Landform: gently sloping alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1969 (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

    CHRYS9

    PHLOX

    POSE

    Artemisia

    Chrysothamnus

    Phlox

    Poa secunda

    sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    phlox

    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

    3

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    1650

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    A11—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00441
    A12—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00442
    A&B—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak very thin platy, and strong very fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00443
    B21t—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay; fine and medium angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent slickensides (geogenic) and 75 percent pressure faces; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00444
    B22t—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent prominent slickensides (geogenic) and 75 percent pressure faces; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00445
    B3t—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 75 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00446
    C1sicam—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; massive; extremely hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00447