IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nevadash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000NV031002
  • User Pedon ID: S2000NV031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0762
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12260
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.0018044
  • Std. Longitude: -119.9354172
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Parcel 43, T. 36 N., R. 18 E. Appx 1300 feet west and 1700 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: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nevadash
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nevadash
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy, glassy, mesic Vitritorrandic Argixeroll
  • 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
  • Runoff: very 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

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    28—152

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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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    1255

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    254

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04698. texture is ashy-loam.
    Ap2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04699. medium and coarse roots are vertical; texture is ashy-loam.
    Bt1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04700. medium and coarse roots are vertical; texture is ashy-clay loam.
    Bt2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04701. medium and coarse roots are vertical; texture is ashy-loam.
    Bt3—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P04702. medium and coarse roots are vertical; texture is ashy-loam.