IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jackmore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016NV007043
  • User Pedon ID: S2016NV007043
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0012
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 40.6043710
  • Std. Longitude: -115.3699738
  • 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: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Cryorthents
  • 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 - Jackmore
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Cryorthents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/2016
  • Classifier - BKP
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glaciomarine deposits derived from metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: upper mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter metamorphic, unspecified, 5.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 5- to 75-millimeter metamorphic, unspecified, 10.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 75- to 250-millimeter metamorphic, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F025XY086NV Deep Subalpine Slope Matt Morehead

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Brien Park
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—18

    18—18—18
    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

    45

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    2814

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    270

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and very few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (2.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-375-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00045; dry when described;
    C1—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; very cobbly very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and very few (1.0) very coarse roots throughout and very few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (3.0) fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-375-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N00046; dry when described;
    C2—32 to 120 centimeters (12.6 to 47.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very few (2.0) very fine roots throughout and very few (2.0) medium roots throughout and few (2.0) fine roots throughout and very few (1.0) coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-375-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 20N00047; dry when described;