IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carioca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975NV031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975NV031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975NV031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3415
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38530
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.4112816
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9554520
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet south and 300 feet east of the NW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-D8—Mount Rose NW, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. L. Spencer and W. E. Dollarhide
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active Andic Cryoboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carioca
  • PSC - 76 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carioca
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1975 (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

    PICO

    PIMO3

    Pinus contorta

    Pinus monticola

    lodgepole pine

    western white pine

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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

    270

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    2640

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    6

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A26473
    A1—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) stony sandy loam; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26474
    A2—21 to 49 centimeters (8.3 to 19.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, bromcresol purple; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26475
    A3—49 to 79 centimeters (19.3 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26476
    B2t—79 to 115 centimeters (31.1 to 45.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly loam; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 21 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26477
    B3t—115 to 145 centimeters (45.3 to 57.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) extremely gravelly loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26478
    C1—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly loam; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromcresol purple; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26479
    Cr—168 to 193 centimeters (66.1 to 76.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A26480