IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Couch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000NV031001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000NV031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12259
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.0019989
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9351425
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Parcel 43, T. 36 N., R. 18 E. Appx 1300 feet west and 1600 feet south of the northeast corner. NAD 27 Datum.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 23—Malheur High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV617—Surprise Valley-Home Camp Area, California and Nevada
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41119-A8—Duck Lake, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: STSL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vitritorrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Couch
  • PSC - 10 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Couch
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Natrixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2000
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—38

    10—102

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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

    1

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    1438

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    254

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    9

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04692
    Btn—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04693. coarse roots nearly horizontal.
    Btnk1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04694
    Btnk2—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04695
    Btnk3—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04696
    C1—102 to 188 centimeters (40.2 to 74.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; stratified loam to sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P04697
    C2—188 to 274 centimeters (74.0 to 107.9 inches); stratified loam to sandy loam; fragments. augered 74 to 108 inches; color and texture like C1 above.