IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OEST
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975NV031007
  • User Pedon ID: S1975NV031007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975NV031007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3421
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38536
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.3451729
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8121109
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 1200 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-C7—Washoe City, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Aridic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - OEST
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oest
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1975
  • 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: 10/8/1975 (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

    PUTR2

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Purshia tridentata

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    squirreltail

    antelope bitterbrush

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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

    6

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    1632

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    45

    275

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    8

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; bouldery sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26513
    A12—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26514
    A3—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine to coarse tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26515
    B21t—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very cobbly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26516
    B22t—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very cobbly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26517
    B3t—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very cobbly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26518
    C1—112 to 170 centimeters (44.1 to 66.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 0.1 pores; 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A26519