IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cropper
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2010NV033552
  • User Pedon ID: 2010NV033552
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2010NV033552
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58644
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.6931944
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6688333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Halfway up Mattier Creek on SE facing sidehill
  • Map Unit: 6488—Segura-Mattier-Cropper association
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV033—White Pine
  • MLRA: 28B—Central Nevada Basin and Range
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-ELK—Elko, Nevada
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV778—Humboldt National Forest, Nevada, South Part, Parts of Lincoln, Nye and White Pine Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39114-F6—Mattier Creek, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Curt Leet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cropper
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cropper
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and/or residuum weathered from welded tuff
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: indurated tuff, welded at 51cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F028BY062NV PIMO-JUOS/ARTRV/PSSPS-ACTH7

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SIHY

    ACHY

    POFE

    POSE

    PSSPS

    PENST

    ARTRV

    PIMO

    JUOS

    Sitanion hystrix

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Poa fendleriana

    Poa secunda

    Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata

    Penstemon

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Pinus monophylla

    Juniperus osteosperma

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    Indian ricegrass

    muttongrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    beardtongue

    mountain big sagebrush

    singleleaf pinyon

    Utah juniper

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    51 - 76

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—18

    18—61

    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

    35

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    2216

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    140

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 11N00415
    Oe—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; highly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter, saturated paste. Lab sample # 11N00416
    A1—6 to 12 centimeters (2.4 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00417
    A2—12 to 18 centimeters (4.7 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 1.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-160-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00418
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 1.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-160-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00419
    Bt2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay; 36 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium interstitial and 1.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent irregular indurated cemented silica concretions on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-160-250 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter tuff, welded fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter tuff, welded fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00420
    R—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.