IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOOFORD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV031029
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NV031029
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NV031029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0483
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47216
  • 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: 39.4850006
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9686127
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet S and 750 feet E from NW 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: OWB & FFP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BOOFORD
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2009
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Booth-Like
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Argixeroll
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1979 (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

    PIJE

    Pinus jeffreyi

    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

    15

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02581
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02582
    B1t—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02583
    B2t—28 to 79 centimeters (11.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02584
    B3t—79 to 135 centimeters (31.1 to 53.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 33 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02585
    C1—135 to 188 centimeters (53.1 to 74.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 79P02586