IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chilper
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982NV001003
  • User Pedon ID: 1982NV001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0710
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51497
  • 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: 40.0008333
  • Std. Longitude: -118.0783333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet W and 200 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV001—Churchill
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV769—Pershing County, Nevada, East Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Durinodic Xeric Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chilper
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chliper
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—61

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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

    5

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    —

    1418

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    180

    13

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    10

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    11

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    1A 1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 30 percent silt; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3725. 8% clay.; common very fine roots
    1A 2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 30 percent silt; moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3726. 10% clay.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B tkn1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay; 25 percent sand; 25 percent silt; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3727. 50% clay.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B tkn2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; 25 percent sand; 27 percent silt; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3728. 48% clay. Lime on undersides of rock fragments.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B tkn3—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; gravelly clay; 25 percent sand; 27 percent silt; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3729. 48% clay.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    1B tk2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay; 45 percent sand; 13 percent silt; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3730. 42% clay. Lime on undersides on rock fragments. Gypsum coatings on undersides of rock fragments.; few very fine roots
    1B qk—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 15 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3731. 25% clay. 20% durinodes 2-10 mm. Lime on undersides of rock fragments.
    1B q1—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 28 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3732. 10% clay. Weak silica and lime cementation. Lime entirely coating rock fragments.
    1B q2—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 28 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P3733. 10% clay. Weak silica and lime cementation. Lime entirely coating rock fragments.