IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PATNA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969NV019004
  • User Pedon ID: 1969NV019004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1969NV019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43680
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.3084444
  • Std. Longitude: -119.3608333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1980 feet N and 120 feet E of the SE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV625—Lyon County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JE Witty and EL Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PATNA
  • PSC - 25 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Patna
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACHY

    ATCO

    GRSP

    PSORO

    SAVE4

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Grayia spinosa

    Psorothamnus

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    Indian ricegrass

    shadscale saltbush

    spiny hopsage

    dalea

    greasewood

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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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    1295

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; single grain; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00545
    A12—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00546
    A2—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00547
    B2t—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00548
    B3t—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00549
    C1—60 to 100 centimeters (23.6 to 39.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00550
    C2—100 to 127 centimeters (39.4 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00551
    C3—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), gray (10YR 6/1), moist; coarse sand; single grain; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00552
    C4—178 to 200 centimeters (70.1 to 78.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sand; single grain; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 69C00553