IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOVELOCK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956NV027009
  • User Pedon ID: 1956NV027009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3229
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38358
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.0352778
  • Std. Longitude: -118.5352778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: approximately 450 feet W and 60 feet N of the apparent E1/4 corner of sec. 18 in the SE1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: 0.5 mile south on Broadway from the SCS Office, S 6.76 mils on Meridian Road, W 2.0 miles on paved road, S 2.0 miles on Lower Valley Road (1 mile unpaved) W 1 mile on Lake road (unpaved), S 1/2 mile on unpaved road, W approximately 450 feet and N approximately 60 feet to site located on the Brayton Wilbur Ranch. This ranch is leased and operated by W. Brinkerhoff. The owner and leasor are cooperators with the Big Meadow SCD.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV602—Lovelock Area, Nevada, Parts of Pershing and Churchill Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Kubota and L. N. Langan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LOVELOCK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lovelock
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1207

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    102

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    11.1

    25

    -2.2

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    AP1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium granular; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25223
    AP2—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium granular; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25224
    A13—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), black (10YR 2/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent faint white (10YR 8/1) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25225
    2A14—48 to 53 centimeters (18.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 0.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25226
    2C1—53 to 56 centimeters (20.9 to 22.0 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; silt loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25227
    3A'11G—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25228. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 368887; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 368887
    4A'12—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; massive parts to weak medium prismatic; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25229
    5A'13—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine faint and 21 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) medium and coarse mottles; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25230