IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boomtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV031015
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NV031015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NV031015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0474
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47207
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024

    • 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: 39.4507256
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9529495
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 850 feet E and 1180 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 22—Sierra Nevada Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. F. Peterson, O. W. Baumer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Typic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boomtown
  • PSC - 55 to 110 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Booth - Like
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, frigid Ultic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    PICO

    PIMO3

    PIPO

    Pinus contorta

    Pinus monticola

    Pinus ponderosa

    lodgepole pine

    western white pine

    ponderosa pine

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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

    10

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    2566

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    225

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    A11—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02520
    A12—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02521
    A2—43 to 55 centimeters (16.9 to 21.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02522
    2B2t—55 to 103 centimeters (21.7 to 40.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02523
    2B3t—103 to 134 centimeters (40.6 to 52.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist; clay; massive parts to moderate fine angular blocky; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02524
    2C—134 to 156 centimeters (52.8 to 61.4 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist; clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 medium roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 79P02525