IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dun Glen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982NV027001
  • User Pedon ID: 1982NV027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51495
  • 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: 40.6794444
  • Std. Longitude: -118.0133333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet S and 2400 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV769—Pershing County, Nevada, East Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Sodic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dun Glen
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dun Glen
  • 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—10

    10—28

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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

    2

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    1327

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    13

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    8

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    9

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    1A 1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 37 percent silt; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3707. 8% clay.; few very fine roots
    1A 2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 32 percent silt; moderate very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3708. 8% clay.; few very fine roots
    1B w—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 57 percent silt; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3709. 8% clay.; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1B k1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 55 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3710. 10% clay.; many very fine roots; common fine roots
    1B k2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 30 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P3711. 8% clay.; common fine roots; many very fine roots
    1B k3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 25 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3712. 50% clay.; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B k4—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 24 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3713. 35% clay.; few very fine and fine roots
    1C—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 11 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3714. 65% clay. Discontinuous pocket of gravelly loamy coarse sand. Thin lime coating on undersides of gravel in pocket.; common very fine roots
    1C k—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 29 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P3715. 40% clay.; few very fine roots