IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ninemile
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NV031004
  • User Pedon ID: 88NV031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0684
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60802
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.8841667
  • Std. Longitude: -119.8788910
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, frigid Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ninemile
  • PSC - 18 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minemile
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—48

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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

    4

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    1926

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    270

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    7

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03629. many medium roots; many very fine roots
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03630. many medium roots; many very fine roots
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; cobbly clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03631. many pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 55 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03632. many pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots
    R—48 centimeters (18.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 88P03633. weathered basalt in upper 3 cm with thin silica coats on upper surface