IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delhew
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NV005004
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NV005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NV005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19091
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8328896
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5116425
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi 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: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Delhew
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delhew
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/2006
  • 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
    R022AZ052CA GRAVELLY SLOPE 16+ P.Z.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/2006 (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

    ARTRV

    GAULT

    LUPIN

    STCO3

    Achnatherum lettermanii

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Gaultheria

    Lupinus

    Stipa columbiana

    Letterman's needlegrass

    mountain big sagebrush

    snowberry

    lupine

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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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    2463

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    40

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    A1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 6 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00279
    A2—1 to 13 centimeters (0.4 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.4 fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00280
    A3—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine to medium roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00281
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine to medium roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00282
    Bt2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.4 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00283
    BC—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) crushed and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, 80 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.4 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00284
    C1—94 to 141 centimeters (37.0 to 55.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 7 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.4 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00285
    C2—141 to 173 centimeters (55.5 to 68.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; 7 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.4 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 76-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 5-36-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00286
    Cr—173 to 200 centimeters (68.1 to 78.7 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 07N00287