IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ENKO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV007494
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NV007494
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0763
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50157
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.6957436
  • Std. Longitude: -115.6842422
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 56E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 0.8 KM W. of Jiggs Hwy and 22.5 meters N of trail
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV767—Elko County, Nevada, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Worrel and Neubeiser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Camborthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 494
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ENKO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Enko
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered alluvium
  • Landform: fan
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04539
    0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04551
    0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04548
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04540
    8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04549
    8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04552
    BA—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04541
    15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04550
    18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04553
    Bw—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04542
    Cqk1—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04543
    Ck—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04544
    Cqk2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04545
    Cqk3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), olive (5Y 4/4), moist; sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04546
    Cqk4—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), olive (5Y 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 81P04547