IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV031028
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NV031028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NV031028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0482
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47215
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.4838905
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9625015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2480 feet S and 2420 feet E from NW 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: OWB & FFP
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Barshaad
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Pa
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 23 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1979 (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

    ARAR8

    ARTR2

    PIJE

    PURSH

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Artemisia tridentata

    Pinus jeffreyi

    Purshia

    little sagebrush

    big sagebrush

    Jeffrey pine

    bitterbrush

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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

    20

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    60

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; prominent mottles; weak coarse platy parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02575
    A12—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; 39 percent clay; prominent mottles; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02576
    B2T—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; 50 percent clay; prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to strong fine to coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 coarse pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02577
    B3T—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 39 percent clay; prominent mottles; strong fine to coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P02578
    C1R—71 to 137 centimeters (28.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 39 percent clay; prominent mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P02579
    R—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 39 percent clay; prominent mottles; very hard, extremely firm; 0.1 roots in cracks; 0.5 pores; 7 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple. Lab sample # 79P02580