IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972NV027003
  • User Pedon ID: 1972NV027003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1972NV027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43955
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 40.0444444
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7261111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: south 1/2
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles south of Sou Hot Springs
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV602—Lovelock Area, Nevada, Parts of Pershing and Churchill Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9049
  • 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

    ATCO

    SARCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Sarcobatus

    shadscale saltbush

    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

    1

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    1076

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    225

    127

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    13

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    A11—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00121
    A12—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00122
    A3—7 to 16 centimeters (2.8 to 6.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00123
    Bt21—16 to 24 centimeters (6.3 to 9.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak thin platy, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00124
    Bt22—24 to 34 centimeters (9.4 to 13.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; dark brown (10YR 3/3) mottles; strong thin platy, and strong very thin platy, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00125
    Bt3—34 to 44 centimeters (13.4 to 17.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00126
    Cac1—44 to 56 centimeters (17.3 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00127
    Cac2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00128
    2C3—74 to 130 centimeters (29.1 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 medium interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 72C00129