IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DOWNEYVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NV009003
  • User Pedon ID: 83NV009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983NV009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0614
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52851
  • 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: 37.3322220
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3838882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet W and 2100 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV009—Esmeralda
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV796—Esmeralda County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DOWNEYVILLE
  • PSC - 0 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Donneyville
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Lithic Haplargid
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from volcanic rock and/or residuum weathered from volcanic rock
  • Landform: hill, mountain, rock pediment, plateau, mesa
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (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

    ARTEM

    ATCO

    PLJA

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Indian ricegrass

    sagebrush

    shadscale saltbush

    James' galleta

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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

    75

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    1773

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P02987
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P02988
    BT1—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P02989
    BT2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P02990