IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palinor

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2005NV007001

User Pedon ID: S2005NV007001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2005NV007001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N0242

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17977

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: 40.9032516

Std. Longitude: -114.8570023

Datum: WGS84

Township: 35N.

Range: 63E.

Section: 21

Location Description: Site is located south of the Wood Hills between Independence Valley and Clover Valley; about 2 miles east-northeast of the Tobar railroad siding.

Map Unit: 421—Palinor-Automal association

State: Nevada

County: NV007—Elko

MLRA: 28B—Central Nevada Basin and Range

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV766—Elko County, Nevada, Southeast Part

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40114-H7—Snow Water Lake NE, Nevada

PEDON

Describers Name: Joseph V. Chiaretti

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic, shallow Xeric Haplodurids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Palinor

PSC - 25 to 41 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/29/2006

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture Subclass - xeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Palinor

Classificaton Date - 8/10/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone and dolostone

Landscape: fan piedmont

Landform: summit fan remnant

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R028BY011NV	SHALLOW CALCAREOUS LOAM 8-10 P.Z.

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/10/2005 (actual site observation date)

Plant Association Name: R028BY011NV Shallow Calcareous Loam 8-10

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACHY ARNO4 CHVI8 KRLA2 PIDE4	Achnatherum hymenoides Artemisia nova Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Krascheninnikovia lanata Picrothamnus desertorum	Indian ricegrass black sagebrush yellow rabbitbrush winterfat bud sagebrush	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
duripan	indurated	41 - 83	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon calcic horizon duripan	0—10 10—41 41—83	—- —- —-

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
2	—	—	1761	—	185	203	—	110	8.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly loam; 10 percent clay; moderate very thick platy parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 5-48-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00918; observed in pit, small

Bk1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 5-48-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00919; observed in pit, small

Bk2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent coarse carbonate masses around rock fragments; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 5-48-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00920; observed in pit, small

Bkqm1—41 to 68 centimeters (16.1 to 26.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; cemented material; weak very thick platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately coherent by silica and carbonates; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fine moderately coherent cemented opal in matrix and 80 percent fine to coarse strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules around rock fragments; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat 5-48-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00921; observed in pit, small

Bkqm2—68 to 83 centimeters (26.8 to 32.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; cemented material; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent by carbonates and silica; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent coarse strongly coherent cemented carbonate concretions around rock fragments and 20 percent coarse carbonate masses in matrix and fine strongly coherent cemented opal in matrix; 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat 5-48-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00922; observed in pit, small

Bkqy1—83 to 110 centimeters (32.7 to 43.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent coarse strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules around rock fragments and fine moderately coherent cemented opal in matrix and 5 percent fine gypsum masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat 76-163-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 5-48-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00923; observed in pit, small

Bkqy2—110 to 152 centimeters (43.3 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; 6 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; coarse moderately coherent cemented opal in matrix and 35 percent coarse strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules around rock fragments and 2 percent fine gypsum masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat 76-163-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat 5-48-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0. Lab sample # 06N00924; observed in pit, small