IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Genegraf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998NV001004
  • User Pedon ID: 1998NV001004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1998NV001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0404
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49248
  • 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: 39.2955556
  • Std. Longitude: -118.1663889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N.
  • Range: 34E.
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2,300 feet south and 100 east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Churchill County, Nevada; about 6 miles east of Frenchman Station; 2,300 feet south and 100 feet east of the northwest corner of section 33, T. 17N., R. 34E.
  • Map Unit: 1232—Genegraf-Rednik-Trocken association
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39118-C2—Drumm Summit, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CEJ-WED-JVC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Durinodic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Genegraf
  • PSC - 15 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Genegraf
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: bolson
  • Landform: fan remnant
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1998 (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

    ELEL5

    PIDE4

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Elymus elymoides

    Picrothamnus desertorum

    Indian ricegrass

    shadscale saltbush

    squirreltail

    bud sagebrush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    natric horizon

    durinodes

    calcic horizon

    0—15

    8—15

    15—46

    46—152

    46—152

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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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    127

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    11.1

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 6.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Btnk1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; light gray (10YR 7/2); 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; abrupt wavy boundary. few prominent and many distinct clay films on faces of peds; few fine lime filaments coating rock fragments;15 percent faces of peds with light gray lime coats.
    Btnk2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2); 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt smooth boundary. common moderately thick clay films on faces of peds, few thin clay films lining pores; many fine lime filaments coating rock fragments; 10 percent faces of peds with light gray lime coats
    Bqk1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear wavy boundary. 15 percent strongly cemented durinodes; lime coats on rock fragments.
    Bqk2—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. 10 percent weakly cemented durinodes; lime coats on rock fragments.