IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loomer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV773S001jbf
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NV005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48398
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.0240707
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3609848
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet E and 700 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: 1200 ft E & 700 ft S of NW cor sec 1, T13N, R23E.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, mesic Lithic Xerollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loomer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loomer
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: eroded areas spiny meno & purple sage
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    35

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    1890

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    360

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; extremely cobbly loam; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine to coarse roots; 6.0 very fine vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00534. 20 percent clay field estimate.
    Bt1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; strong very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 6.0 very fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00535. 30 percent clay field estimate.
    Bt2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00536. 50 percent clay field estimate.; continuous - phpvsfiid 325468; continuous - phpvsfiid 325468
    Bt3—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P00537. clay forming in creaces. 55 percent clay field estimate.
    R—48 centimeters (18.9 inches); fragments.