IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): -
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2012NV033118
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NV033004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2012NV033118
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72961
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.8897528
  • Std. Longitude: -114.3314417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 5270—Bakerpeak-Canyoung-Rock outcrop association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV033—White Pine
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-ELK—Elko, Nevada
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV709—Snake Range Area, Nevada, Part of White Pine County

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Cole
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from limestone
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 percent nonflat 2- to 75-millimeter 5.00 percent nonflat 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/2012 (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

    ABCO

    ARCTO3

    CELE3

    PIFL2

    POTR5

    Abies concolor

    Arctostaphylos

    Cercocarpus ledifolius

    Pinus flexilis

    Populus tremuloides

    white fir

    manzanita

    curl-leaf mountain mahogany

    limber pine

    quaking aspen

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

    bedrock, lithic

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    58 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—6

    6—52

    58—

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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

    18

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    2818

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    240

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    NevCan Montane West

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01020; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and common (2.0) fine roots and few (1.0) coarse roots; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and common (2.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N01021; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—18 to 52 centimeters (7.1 to 20.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; gravelly clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, very plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots and common (2.0) medium roots and common (2.0) fine roots and few (1.0) coarse roots; common (2.0) very fine interstitial and common (1.0) medium interstitial and common (2.0) fine interstitial pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01022; observed in pit, small
    Bk—52 to 58 centimeters (20.5 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, very weakly coherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01024; observed in pit, small
    R—58 centimeters (22.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 13N01025; observed in pit, small