IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Playa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001NV771005
  • User Pedon ID: S2001NV031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15958
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.3309937
  • Std. Longitude: -119.7968521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N.
  • Range: 19E.
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: about 534 meters west and 267 meters south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Site is on the Smoke Creek Desert playa about one mile north of the Bonham Ranch.
  • Map Unit: 900—Playas
  • 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-C7—Sand Pass, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph V. Chiaretti, Rebecca Burt, Deborah J. Prevost
  • Current Taxon Kind: miscellaneous area
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Playa
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2002
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Playa
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: bolson
  • Landform: playa
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: no range site
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • 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

    0

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    1174

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    152

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    120

    10.6

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    11.6

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    C1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00269; observed in pit, small
    C2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00270; observed in pit, small
    C3—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00271; observed in pit, small
    C4—20 to 47 centimeters (7.9 to 18.5 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 42 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; very abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00272; observed in pit, small
    2C5—47 to 57 centimeters (18.5 to 22.4 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), white (2.5Y 8/1), dry; very parachannery ashy very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; 50 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; very abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00273; observed in pit, small
    3C6—57 to 80 centimeters (22.4 to 31.5 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 42 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00274; observed in pit, small
    3C7—80 to 100 centimeters (31.5 to 39.4 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 42 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00275; observed in auger, bucket
    3C8—100 to 120 centimeters (39.4 to 47.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00276; observed in auger, bucket
    3C9—120 to 140 centimeters (47.2 to 55.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00277; observed in auger, bucket
    3C10—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); 70 percent black (N 2.5/0) and 20 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 60 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00278; observed in auger, bucket
    3C11—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); 70 percent black (N 2.5/0) and 20 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 60 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00279; observed in auger, bucket
    3C12—180 to 200 centimeters (70.9 to 78.7 inches); 70 percent black (N 2.5/0) and 20 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 60 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; ; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 02N00280; observed in auger, bucket