IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kayo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975NV031010
  • User Pedon ID: S1975NV031010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975NV031010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3424
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38539
  • 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: 39.7748909
  • Std. Longitude: -119.6043396
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 500 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-G5—Moses Rock, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. E. Dollarhide, O. W. Baumer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeralfic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kayo
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kayo
  • 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:
  • 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

    CHRYS9

    TETRA3

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Tetradymia

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    horsebrush

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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

    1

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    1355

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    315

    230

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    10

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26533
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26534
    B21t—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26535
    B22t—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26536
    B23t—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26537
    C1sica—104 to 150 centimeters (40.9 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26538
    C2—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 65 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A26539