IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Patna

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1969NV031019

User Pedon ID: S1969NV031019

Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NV031019

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 69C0101

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43674

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: 39.6512833

Std. Longitude: -119.3059921

Datum: WGS84

Township: 21N

Range: 24E

Section: 29

PLSS Details: 920 feet W of the SE corner

State: Nevada

County: NV031—Washoe

MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV603—Fallon-Fernley Area, Nevada, Parts of Churchill, Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties

PEDON

Describers Name: J.E. Witty and E.L. Spencer

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 19

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Patna

PSC - 15 to 65 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/23/2004

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Patna

Classificaton Date - 9/15/1969

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: broad, nearly level lake plain

Drainage Class: somewhat excessively

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/15/1969 (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
ACHY ATCA2 CHRYS9 GRSP HECOC8 KRASC PSORO SALSO SAVE4 TEGL	Achnatherum hymenoides Atriplex canescens Chrysothamnus Grayia spinosa Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata Krascheninnikovia Psorothamnus Salsola Sarcobatus vermiculatus Tetradymia glabrata	Indian ricegrass fourwing saltbush rabbitbrush spiny hopsage needle and thread winterfat dalea Russian thistle greasewood littleleaf horsebrush	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

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	—	—	1280	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00494

A12—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00495

B21t—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00496

B22t—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges and 75 percent thin clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00497

B31t—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00498

B32t—61 to 80 centimeters (24.0 to 31.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00499

B33t—80 to 91 centimeters (31.5 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00500

C1—91 to 110 centimeters (35.8 to 43.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00501

C2—110 to 122 centimeters (43.3 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00502

C23—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00503