IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bubus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NV015001
  • User Pedon ID: 83NV015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0865
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53646
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 40.6161118
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9122238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1,800 feet N and 1,900 feet e of SW corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mi E of Battel Mt.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV015—Lander

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Otto Baumer and Carole Jett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, mesic Durorthidic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bubus
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bubus
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Durorthidi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1983 (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
    • 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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    1380

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    180

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04370. few fine and medium roots
    1A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04371. few fine and medium roots
    1C—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04372. few fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1Cqk—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium faint and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coarse faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04373. 10 percent weakly cemented silica cmented masses, 10 ercent medium and large stronly cemented durinodes.; many lime or carbonate coats surface features; few fine and medium roots; many fine roots; few medium faint 2.5Y62 mottles; few coarse faint 2.5Y54 mottles
    1Cq—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium and coarse distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct skeletans in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04374. Silica coatings on about 10 percent of ped faces; 15 percent weakly silica cemented masses.; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine and medium roots; few medium and coarse distinct 2.5Y54 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1C'qk—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04375. 20 percent strongly cemented drinodes.; common lime or carbonate coats surface features; few fine and medium roots; common coarse distinct 10YR54 mottles
    1Ck1—71 to 137 centimeters (28.0 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04376. common lime or carbonate coats surface features; few fine roots; common coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR43 mottles
    1Ck2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and coarse distinct and 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium and coarse faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04377. common lime or carbonate coats surface features; very few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR72 mottles; common medium and coarse faint 10YR43 mottles
    1C'—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P04378