IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WELCH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV007490
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NV007490
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0759
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50153
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.4757385
  • Std. Longitude: -115.4167404
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 58E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 600 meters S and 450 meters E of the NW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV767—Elko County, Nevada, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.S. Boserman and R.W. douglas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Cumulic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 490
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WELCH
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/2003
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Welch
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Cumulic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered alluvium
  • Landform: in mountain valleys-canyons flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04521
    A2—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04522
    A3—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04523
    A4—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04524
    A5—81 to 92 centimeters (31.9 to 36.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly sand; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04525
    C1—92 to 118 centimeters (36.2 to 46.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent thin skeletans; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04526
    C2—118 to 145 centimeters (46.5 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent thin skeletans; 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04527
    C3—145 to 159 centimeters (57.1 to 62.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 13 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red.