IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wardbay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NV007006
  • User Pedon ID: 89NV007006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0571
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61673
  • 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: 40.1394463
  • Std. Longitude: -114.8916702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SE Elko County. About 12 miles SW of Currie, NV in the Cherry Creek Range.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Pachic Calcixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wardbay
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wardbay
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Pachic Calcixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1989 (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

    35

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    2682

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    180

    41

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    6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03142. common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03143. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A3—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03144. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very channery loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03145. common 2-6mm lime pendants on undersides of rock fragments (10YR 8/2); few medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; extremely flaggy sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03146. common 2-6mm lime and silica pendants on undersides of rock fragments (10YR 8/2); few to common fine soft lime masses (10YR 8/2); few fine and medium roots
    Bk3—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; extremely flaggy sandy loam; soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03147. common 2-6mm lime and silica pendants on undersides of rock fragments (10YR 8/2); common to many fine soft lime masses (10YR 8/2); few medium roots; few very fine roots
    R—145 centimeters (57.1 inches); fragments. fractured calcareous shale with some soil and roots in fractures