IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LEVIATHAN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975NV031006
  • User Pedon ID: S1975NV031006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975NV031006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3420
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38535
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 39.5121155
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9382324
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 750 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-E8—Verdi, Nevada
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. E. Dollarhide and O. W. Baumer
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LEVIATHAN
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leviathan
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1975 (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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    ELELB2

    PRFA

    PUTR2

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Prunus fasciculata

    Purshia tridentata

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    squirreltail

    desert almond

    antelope bitterbrush

    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

    7

    1467

    180

    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26507
    B1t—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26508
    B21t—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26509
    B22t—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26510
    B23t—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent clay films on rock fragments; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26511
    B24t—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on rock fragments; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A26512