IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Poppellen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016NV007009
  • User Pedon ID: S2016NV007009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2016nv007009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0010
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 40.8178889
  • Std. Longitude: -115.2250583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-ELK—Elko, Nevada
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV764—Humboldt National Forest Area, Nevada, North Part, Parts of Elko and White Pine Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brien Park
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Poppellen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Haploxerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2016
  • Classifier - BKP
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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
    F025XY065NV Backslope Aspen Jul 15 2016 bkp

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    O

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POTR5

    Populus tremuloides

    quaking aspen

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

    mollic epipedon

    endosaturation

    2—75

    75—150

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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

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    O—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse granular structure; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; many (3.0) very fine roots between peds and few (1.0) fine roots between peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00039; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 50 centimeters (3.9 to 19.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse granular structure; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 very coarse roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds; 5 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00040; slightly dry when described;
    A3—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; 7 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N00041; slightly moist when described;
    C—75 to 90 centimeters (29.5 to 35.4 inches); 10YR (10YR/),, gray (10YR 5/1), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; few (1.0) medium roots between peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 35 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0.; wet when described;