IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BUCKAROO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972NV001004
  • User Pedon ID: 1972NV001004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1972NV001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43948
  • 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: 39.5416667
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1916667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 34E
  • Section: 6
  • Location Description: Churchill, Nevada; west side of Dixie Valley about 3 miles east of Mt. Lincoln in the Stillwater Range
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV001—Churchill
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV770—Churchill County Area, Nevada, Parts of Churchill and Lyon Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. B. Alexander, E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BUCKAROO
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Natrargid
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15870
  • 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

    EPHED

    Ephedra

    jointfir

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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

    10

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    1349

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    90

    127

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    11

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00087
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00088
    B21t—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; strong fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00089
    B22tca—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; gravelly clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00090
    B31tca—38 to 65 centimeters (15.0 to 25.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00091
    B32t—65 to 95 centimeters (25.6 to 37.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00092
    C—95 to 130 centimeters (37.4 to 51.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 72C00093