IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wholan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NV015011
  • User Pedon ID: 83NV015011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0791
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53578
  • 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: 39.3283348
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6711121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 48E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 3.1 miles S and 2.7 miles W of the projected SW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV015—Lander

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Staidl, Oliver Chadwick, W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wholan
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wholan
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Typic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very 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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    1950

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    195

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    8

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03958. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    1A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03959. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bw2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03960. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bw2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03961. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03962. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk2—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P03963. Volcanic ash mixed in parts of horizon, few extremely weak incipient durinodes.; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk3—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P03964. Horizon is volcanic ash layer, 1 to 8 inches thick.; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bk4—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03965. Common lime filaments.; common very fine roots
    1Ab—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03966. Common fine lime filaments.; few very fine roots
    1Bwb—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03967. Horizon has ashy feel and exhibits dilatency.; few very fine and fine roots
    2A'b—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03968. Few very weakly cemented incipient durinodes; very thin silica coats lining pores and bridging sand grains.; few very fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR36 mottles
    2Bqkb—185 to 216 centimeters (72.8 to 85.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03969. Thin silica coats lining pores; very thin silica coats lining pores bridging sand grains and thin common medium and coarse silica coats on pebbles.; few very fine roots
    3C—216 to 231 centimeters (85.0 to 90.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03970. Thin common medium and coarse large silica coats on pebbles.