IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TUNNISON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NV031011
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NV031011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NV031011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43665
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.8929176
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9610443
  • 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: H.B. Summerfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Durorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TUNNISON
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karlo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from volcanic rock
  • Landform: gently sloping alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1969 (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

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

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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

    2

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    1650

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; very stony clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay bridges; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00449
    A12—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic, and very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00450
    B21—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00451
    B22—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pressure faces and 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00452
    B3ca—51 to 65 centimeters (20.1 to 25.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 75 percent clay bridges and 75 percent pressure faces; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00453
    C1sica—65 to 75 centimeters (25.6 to 29.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent thick clay bridges; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00454
    C2sicam—75 to 90 centimeters (29.5 to 35.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent thick clay bridges and 75 percent thick clay films; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00455