IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenbrae
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975NV031012
  • User Pedon ID: S1975NV031012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975NV031012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3426
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38541
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 39.6757240
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9043427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet south and 200 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: the site is in Lemmon Valley
  • 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-F8—Reno NW, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. E. Dollarhide, O. W. Baumer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xerollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenbrae
  • PSC - 25 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenbrae
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1975 (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

    ELELB2

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    squirreltail

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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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    1500

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    180

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26547
    A12—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26548
    A3—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26549
    B21t—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26550
    B22t—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26551
    B23t—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26552
    B3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26553
    C1—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26554
    C2—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A26555