IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nuhelen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NV017005
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NV017005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005NV017005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0666
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17878
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.3013458
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4680634
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5 N
  • Range: 67 E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: northwest quarter of the northeast quarter
  • Location Description: About 3.5 miles north of Wilson Ranch, 1 mile northwest of Brown Spring; 100 yards east of road.
  • Map Unit: 1110—Nuhelen-Chubard-Rock outcrop association
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV784—Lincoln County, Nevada, North Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38114-C4—Schoolmarm Basin, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Curt Leet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, glassy, frigid Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nuhelen
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy-skeletal, glassy, frigid Lithic Argixerolls
  • PSC - 3 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from welded tuff over residuum weathered from welded tuff
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated tuff, welded at 33cm
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent nonflat indurated 2- to 75-millimeter tuff, welded, 10.00 percent nonflat indurated 250- to 610-millimeter tuff, welded, 5.00 percent nonflat indurated 610- to 1000-millimeter tuff, welded, 10.00 percent nonflat indurated 75- to 250-millimeter tuff, welded,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 105
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ARNO4

    ELEL5

    ERNAN5

    JUOS

    PIMO

    POFE

    POSE

    PURSH

    Artemisia nova

    Elymus elymoides

    Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Pinus monophylla

    Poa fendleriana

    Poa secunda

    Purshia

    black sagebrush

    squirreltail

    rubber rabbitbrush

    Utah juniper

    singleleaf pinyon

    muttongrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    bitterbrush

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

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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

    15

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    1987

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    270

    254

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03823; observed in pit, small
    A1—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 6 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03824; observed in pit, small
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03825; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 26 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03826; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 26 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03827; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 26 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-305-610 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03828; observed in pit, small
    R—33 centimeters (13.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small