IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muni
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NV015012
  • User Pedon ID: 83NV015012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0792
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53579
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.3080559
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6458359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 48E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1.45 miles W and 4.55 miles S of the projected SW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV015—Lander

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Oliver Chadwick, George Staidl, C. Reynolds
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Haploxeralfic Argidurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muni
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muni
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1983
  • 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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    1980

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    225

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    9

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03972. common very fine roots
    1A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03973. few very fine and fine roots
    1AB—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak very fine and fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03974. Light gray (10YR 7/2) clean sand grains cover 40% of peds.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bt1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03975. Few medium oblique roots.; common very fine and fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 229721; continuous - phpvsfiid 229721
    1Bt2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03976. Few medium oblique roots; 25% very weakly cemented durinodes.; few very fine and fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 229722; continuous - phpvsfiid 229722
    1Bq—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03977. 40% durinodes; few very fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1Bqkm—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; unknown texture; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03978. Texture is strongly cemented duripan, broken faces, white (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 8/2) moist; duripan has medium and coarse plates that are very hard and very firm; few very fine, fine and medium horizontal roots between plates.
    1Bqk1—56 to 67 centimeters (22.0 to 26.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03979. Weak continuous silica and lime cementation; few thin discontinouos silica laminar.; few very fine roots
    1Bqk2—67 to 97 centimeters (26.4 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03980. Lime and silica coatings on rock fragments.; few very fine roots
    1Bqk3—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03981. Weak continuous silica and lime cementation; lime and silica pendants on underside of pebbles.; few very fine roots
    1C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03982. Lime and silica pendants on underside of pebbles.
    1Cqk—152 to 180 centimeters (59.8 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03983. 60 weakly silica and lime cemented masses.
    1C—180 to 196 centimeters (70.9 to 77.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03984. Common fine and medium lime filaments and lining pores; matrix noneffervescent in some parts and strongly effervescent in other parts.