IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bakscratch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015NV005010
  • User Pedon ID: S2015NV005010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0750
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82515
  • 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: 38.8297210
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5132303
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Cole
  • 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 - Bakscratch
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, shallow Xeric Argicryolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 13 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/2015
  • Classifier - M. Cole
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • 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: mountainflank, upper third
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent granite at 36cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Cole
  • 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

    moderately coherent

    36 -

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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—20

    20—36

    36—50

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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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    2748

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    20

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    Mahogany Thicket

    Hobo Soil Temp
    Oe—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03846; observed in pit, small
    A—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 6 percent clay; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; many (12.0) very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03847; observed in pit, small
    Bt—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 11 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; many (12.0) very fine irregular pores; 25 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-45-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N03848; observed in pit, small
    Cr—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small