IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reluctan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982NV027011
  • User Pedon ID: 82NV027011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0718
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51505
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 40.2969437
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5469437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 1900 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV769—Pershing County, Nevada, East Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aridic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Reluctan
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reluctan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Aridic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • 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
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    23—91

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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

    43

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    —

    1830

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    0

    30

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    7

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    8

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 15 percent clay; moderate fine platy structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03766. many very fine roots
    1A2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; 35 percent sand; 20 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03767. many very fine roots; many fine roots
    1Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly clay loam; 35 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03768. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    1Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03769. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots
    1Bt3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly clay loam; 43 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03770. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    1Bt4—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 43 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03771. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    1R—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Hard fractured andesite with few thin lime coatings on fracture planes.