IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nosrac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018NV005001
  • User Pedon ID: S2018NV005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 19N0127
  • User Project ID: 2018-MIN-SCS-011a
  • Project Name: MLRA 26 - Soil Temperature Study Lab Sampling- group 2
  • 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: 38.8610080
  • Std. Longitude: -119.5811420
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV005—Douglas
  • MLRA: 26—Carson Basin and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cole, Matt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argixerolls
  • 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 - Nosrac
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2018
  • Classifier - Cole, Matt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from rhyolite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter rhyolite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Cole, Savastio, Castiblanco
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARGEM

    BRASS2

    JUOS

    PIMO

    STEPH

    Argemone

    Brassica

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Pinus monophylla

    Stephanomeria

    pricklypoppy

    mustard

    Utah juniper

    singleleaf pinyon

    wirelettuce

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    29—150

    29—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

    11

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    1835

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    140

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    Buffalo Canyon

    moistpreciptemp
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 6 percent clay; weak coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots; common (2.0) medium irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00675; observed in pit, small
    Ak—8 to 29 centimeters (3.1 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) very coarse roots and few (1.0) medium roots and common (2.0) fine roots and few (1.0) coarse roots; common (2.0) fine irregular pores; 4 percent carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00676; observed in pit, small
    Btk1—29 to 48 centimeters (11.4 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots and common (1.0) very coarse roots and common (2.0) medium roots and few (1.0) fine roots and common (2.0) coarse roots; few (1.0) very fine irregular and common (2.0) fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on rock fragments; 35 percent carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00677; observed in pit, small
    Btk2—48 to 93 centimeters (18.9 to 36.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) fine roots; common (2.0) coarse irregular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 35 percent carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments and 5 percent carbonate masses in matrix; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N00678; observed in pit, small
    Btk3—93 to 150 centimeters (36.6 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 22 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) medium roots and few (1.0) fine roots; common (2.0) medium irregular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments and 10 percent carbonate masses in matrix; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-45-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter rhyolite fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 19N00679; observed in pit, small