IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Humboldt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961NV027002
  • User Pedon ID: 1961NV027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3248
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38377
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.1725000
  • Std. Longitude: -118.4750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 180 feet south and 360 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile south of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada on the Circle L Ranch.
  • 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: Leland I. Larsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Humboldt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    1

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    1219

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    102

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    11.1

    25

    -2.2

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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25375
    A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25376
    2C1—28 to 32 centimeters (11.0 to 12.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25377
    3C2—32 to 48 centimeters (12.6 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25378
    4A1B1—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; 1 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25379
    5C3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25380
    6A1B2—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25381
    7C4—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25382