IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SIBELIA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NV031030
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NV031030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NV031030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0484
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47217
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 39.3232269
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9398956
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet N and 400 feet W of SE corner
  • Map Unit: 1450—Meiss-Sibelia-Rock outcrop association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-C8—Mount Rose, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: OWB & FFP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic Xeric Humicryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sibelia
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sibelia
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from andesite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1979 (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

    PIAL

    Pinus albicaulis

    whitebark 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

    20

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    2975

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    80

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine to coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 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 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02587
    A2—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine to coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02588
    Bw1—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine to coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 32.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02589
    Bw2—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; 6 percent clay; weak fine to coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple. Lab sample # 79P02590