IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GRINA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV007495
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NV007495
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50155
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.5999107
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7342377
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 55E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 250 meters N and 760 meters W of the SE 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: A. J. Neubeiser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic, shallow Xeric Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 495
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GRINA
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grina
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Xerollic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside 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

    20

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    1730

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    90

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04532
    Bw—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 13 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04533
    C—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 13 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04534
    Cr—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04535