IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonoma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NV015006
  • User Pedon ID: 83NV015006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0870
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53651
  • 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: 40.7647209
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0147247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 44E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 225 feet E and 2,480 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Lander County, 10 mi NW of Battle Mt.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV015—Lander

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carole Jett and Barry Strickler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, calcareous, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoma
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Aeric Fluvaq
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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
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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04423. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    1A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04424. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    1C—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine distinct and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04425. Few small snail shells.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; few fine prominent 10YR66 mottles; few fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR31 mottles
    1Ab—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04426. Few small snail shells.; few lime nodules concentrations; common medium roots; few fine to coarse roots; common medium faint 10YR33 mottles
    1C'1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent very dark gray (N 3/0) fine distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 55 percent skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04427. Few small snail shells.; few lime nodules concentrations; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine and medium faint 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine distinct N30 mottles
    1C'2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent very dark gray (N 3/0) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P04428. few lime nodules concentrations; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; few fine distinct N30 mottles