IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boomtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV031024
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NV031024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NV031024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0479
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47212
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 39.4798927
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9579544
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: The site is located about 1350 feet N and 1060 feet W of SE 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: O. W. Baumer, F. F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boomtown
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2009
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Booth
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/1979 (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

    ABCO

    PIJE

    Abies concolor

    Pinus jeffreyi

    white fir

    Jeffrey 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

    29

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    2024

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    355

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02554
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02555
    B1t—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02556
    2B21t—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 43 percent clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02557
    2B22t—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 48 percent clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P02558
    2B3t—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 79P02559