IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CASSIRO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975NV031013
  • User Pedon ID: S1975NV031013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975NV031013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3427
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38542
  • 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: 39.6210022
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8746185
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet east and 150 feet south of northwest 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-E7—Reno, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Aridic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CASSIRO
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1979 (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

    ELELB2

    PEDU3

    PRFA

    Artemisia tridentata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Peltophorum dubia

    Prunus fasciculata

    big sagebrush

    squirreltail

    horsebush

    desert almond

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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

    2

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    1533

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26556
    A12—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26557
    B21t—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26558
    B22t—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26559
    B23t—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very cobbly sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26560
    C1—102 to 180 centimeters (40.2 to 70.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A26561