IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vetagrande
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NV005001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NV005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NV005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19088
  • 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: 38.8389740
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5835571
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 3obsolete—Reno, NV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV773—Douglas County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: jbf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argixerolls
  • 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 - Vetagrande
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vetagrande
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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
    R026XY040NV GRAVELLY LOAM 14+ P.Z.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACLE9

    ACNEN2

    ARTRV

    BRMA4

    GAULT

    PUTR2

    RIBES

    Achnatherum lettermanii

    Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Bromus marginatus

    Gaultheria

    Purshia tridentata

    Ribes

    Letterman's needlegrass

    Columbia needlegrass

    mountain big sagebrush

    mountain brome

    snowberry

    antelope bitterbrush

    currant

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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

    25

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 12.0 very fine and fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00264; observed in pit, small
    A2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine to medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00265
    Bt1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00266
    Bt2—53 to 99 centimeters (20.9 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.4 fine roots; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00267
    Bt3—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.4 fine roots; faint clay bridges between sand grains and faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 07N00268
    Bt4—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 07N00269