IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SUMINE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV007487
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NV007487
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0753
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49597
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.3012886
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3042679
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 50E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 450 meters N and 750 meters W of the SE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV763—Northwest Elko County Area, Nevada, Part of Elko and Eureka Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.W. Douglas and T.S. Bowerman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Aridic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 487
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SUMINE
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sumine
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Aridic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside on mountain plateau
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04483
    Bt1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin skeletans on all faces of peds; 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04484
    Bt2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04485. patchy - phpvsfiid 243637; patchy - phpvsfiid 243637
    Bt3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 81P04486. patchy - phpvsfiid 243638; patchy - phpvsfiid 243638
    B—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); fragments.