IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TUNNISON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NV031012
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NV031012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NV031012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43667
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 41.8926392
  • 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: H.B. Summerfield
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Chromoxererts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TUNNISON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2003
  • 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: smooth, 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); brown (7.5YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular, and very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00458
    A12—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; clay; medium angular blocky, and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 micro roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00459
    B21—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; medium angular blocky, and strong medium and 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; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00460
    B22—26 to 54 centimeters (10.2 to 21.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; 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 and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent slickensides (geogenic) and 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00461
    B23ca—54 to 76 centimeters (21.3 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pressure faces and 75 percent slickensides (geogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00462
    B3tca—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; pressure faces on all faces of peds and 75 percent thick clay films; 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00463
    Csica—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 micro roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent thick clay films; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00464