IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Apmat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975NV031008
  • User Pedon ID: S1975NV031008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975NV031008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3422
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38537
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 39.3526726
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8360062
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet east and 2400 feet north of the southwest 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-C7—Washoe City, Nevada
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. L. Spencer, W. E. Dollarhide
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Apmat
  • PSC - 84 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Apmat
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    ARCTO3

    ARTR2

    CERCO

    PIJE

    PURSH

    Arctostaphylos

    Artemisia tridentata

    Cercocarpus

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Purshia

    manzanita

    big sagebrush

    mountain mahogany

    Jeffrey pine

    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

    6

    1770

    270

    635

    6

    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very stony coarse sand; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26520
    A12—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26521
    A2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26522
    A/B—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very cobbly loamy coarse sand; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 0.5 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 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26523
    B2t—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very stony coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.1 pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26524
    B3t—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely stony coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.1 pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26525
    C—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely bouldery loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A26526