IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): STUMBLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009009
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV009009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44696
  • 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: 37.5966072
  • Std. Longitude: -118.0092621
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 36E
  • Section: 16
  • Location Description: Esmeralda County, NV; Fish Lake Valley on State Route 3A about 1.25 miles southeast of Dyer Post Office and 100 yards southwest of highway
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV009—Esmeralda
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV796—Esmeralda County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. B. Summerfield, E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - STUMBLE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1973 (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

    ARTEM

    ATCA2

    GRAYI

    KRASC

    PSORO

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia

    Atriplex canescens

    Grayia

    Krascheninnikovia

    Psorothamnus

    Indian ricegrass

    sagebrush

    fourwing saltbush

    hopsage

    winterfat

    dalea

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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

    45

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    1512

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    2

    100

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    12

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loamy sand; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00420
    A12—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00421
    C1ca—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00422
    C2ca—36 to 75 centimeters (14.2 to 29.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00423
    C3—75 to 100 centimeters (29.5 to 39.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00424