IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loomer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980NV625S001jbf
  • User Pedon ID: S1980NV019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980NV625S001jbf
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48399
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.0860138
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3654327
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet N and 1000 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, mesic Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loomer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loomer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1980 (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

    SIHY

    STTH

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Sitanion hystrix

    Stephanomeria thurberi

    little sagebrush

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    Thurber's wirelettuce

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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

    45

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    345

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; extremely cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00538
    Bt1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine and medium roots; 6.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00539
    Bt2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 6.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00540. continuous - phpvsfiid 325470; continuous - phpvsfiid 325470
    R—38 centimeters (15.0 inches); fragments.