IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): THULEPAH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978NV031010
  • User Pedon ID: S1978NV031010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978NV031010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0599
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46153
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.9782219
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7251740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet south and 1500 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.W. Baumer & J.B. Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - THULEPAH
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/2005
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thulepah
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed colluvium and/or residuum
  • Landform: plateau
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1978 (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

    FEID

    PICRO

    SYMPH

    WYMO

    Festuca idahoensis

    Picrothamnus

    Symphoricarpos

    Wyethia mollis

    Idaho fescue

    bud sagebrush

    snowberry

    woolly mule-ears

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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

    11

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    2438

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    90

    350

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    6

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; very stony loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03563
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03564
    2Bt21—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on rock fragments and 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03565
    2Bt22—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03566
    3Bt23—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03567
    3Bt24—71 to 95 centimeters (28.0 to 37.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03568
    4Bt31—95 to 128 centimeters (37.4 to 50.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03569
    4Bt32—128 to 148 centimeters (50.4 to 58.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; pale brown (10YR 6/3) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # 78P03570