IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015NV005006
  • User Pedon ID: S2015NV005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0746
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82511
  • User Project ID: 2015-MIN-SCS-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 26 - 0 - Soil Climate Study Lab Sampling- group 1
  • 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: 38.8341228
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5081517
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Savastio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, shallow Xeric Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, shallow Xeric Argicryolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 16 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/2015
  • Classifier - Chris Savastio, Angelina Lasko
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent granite at 43cm
  • Surface Fragments: 75.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter granite, 2.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter granite, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 75- to 250-millimeter granite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Chris Savastio
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    weakly coherent

    43 - 60

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—34

    16—43

    43—60

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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

    20

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    2713

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    280

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    Mountain Ridge

    Hobo Soil Temp
    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; 99 percent sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-50-75 millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03831
    A2—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-50-75 millimeter granite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03832
    Bt1—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 17 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 12.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine irregular pores; 15 percent clay bridges; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-50-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03833
    Bt2—34 to 43 centimeters (13.4 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 21 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine irregular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-50-75 millimeter granite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03834
    Cr—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches); bedrock; fragments; noneffervescent.