IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Threedogs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NV017006
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NV017006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005NV017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0667
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17879
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.6743965
  • Std. Longitude: -114.0883331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 N
  • Range: 70 E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: northeast quarter of the northeast quarter
  • Location Description: 100 feet east of road along fence; .3 mile south of county line and 3 miles southeast of Big Spring Ranch headquarters.
  • Map Unit: 3610—Threedogs-Slaw 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-F1—Tweedy Wash, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Curt Leet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Threedogs
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciargids
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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
    R028AY107NV SALINE FLOODPLAIN

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Btk1

    Btk2

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    Bk2

    Bk3

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    30

    51

    89

    117

    152

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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

    A1

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    89

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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 %

    A1

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    Bk3

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

    ATCA2

    KOAM

    SAVE4

    Atriplex canescens

    Kochia americana

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    fourwing saltbush

    green molly

    greasewood

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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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; strong very thick platy parts to moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03829; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03830; observed in pit, small
    Btk1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine to coarse tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 10.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03831; observed in pit, small
    Btk2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine to coarse tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03832; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03833; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine to medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03834; observed in pit, small
    Bk3—152 to 180 centimeters (59.8 to 70.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N03835; observed in pit, small