IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GYNELLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009011
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV009011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44698
  • 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: 37.7599373
  • Std. Longitude: -118.0237122
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 36E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: East side of Fish Lake Valley about .25 miles ENE of Old Dyer Ranch site
  • 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: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GYNELLE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1973 (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

    ARTEM

    ATCO

    LYCIU

    SAVE4

    Artemisia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Lycium

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    sagebrush

    shadscale saltbush

    desert-thorn

    greasewood

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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

    4

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    1453

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    315

    100

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    12

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00439
    C1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00440
    C2—20 to 66 centimeters (7.9 to 26.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00441
    C3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00442
    C4—81 to 130 centimeters (31.9 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00443