IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smaug
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001NV771001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001NV031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001NV771001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15957
  • 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: 40.2346039
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8249054
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N.
  • Range: 19E.
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: about 413 meters north and 244 meters east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Site is located west of Bonham Well and north of the Sand Pass railroad crossing that is on the Astor Pass 7.5 minute quadrangle.
  • Map Unit: 500—Smaug very fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV771—Washoe County, Nevada, Central Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40119-B7—Astor Pass, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph V. Chiaretti
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calcigypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Smaug
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Smaug
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium over lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: bolson
  • Landform: basin-floor remnant
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: SILTY 4-8 P.Z. (024XY004NV)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    2BCk

    2C

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    41

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    KRLA2

    ATCO

    ARSP5

    GRSP

    Krascheninnikovia lanata

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Artemisia spinescens

    Grayia spinosa

    winterfat

    shadscale saltbush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    41—84

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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

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; strong thick platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00262; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 3 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very weakly coherent cemented 2-11-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-11-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; 30 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00263; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 5 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very weakly coherent cemented 2-11-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 2-11-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; 40 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00264; observed in pit, small
    2Bk3—41 to 84 centimeters (16.1 to 33.1 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; very parachannery silt loam; 12 percent clay; strong thick platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very weakly coherent cemented 2-11-20 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 25-50-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; 50 percent krotovinas (volume percent); violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00265; observed in pit, small
    2BCk—84 to 125 centimeters (33.1 to 49.2 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; extremely parachannery silt loam; 16 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 65 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 25-50-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; 50 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00266; observed in pit, small
    2C—125 to 170 centimeters (49.2 to 66.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; extremely parachannery silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent by volume flat subangular weakly coherent cemented 25-50-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; 50 percent krotovinas (volume percent); very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00267; observed in pit, small
    2Ck—170 to 191 centimeters (66.9 to 75.2 inches); 70 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) and 30 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), 70 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; very parachannery silt loam; 16 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 75 percent by volume flat subangular very weakly coherent cemented 25-50-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5. Lab sample # 02N00268; observed in pit, small