IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CORTEZ
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV011002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV011002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSl
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38296
  • 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: 40.6618500
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3787003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 50E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: It is about 1,200 feet south and 1,900 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: This site is located approximately 1.5 miles north of US Interstate Highway 80 on the east of Bob's Bench.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV011—Eureka
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV612—Tuscarora Mountain Area, Nevada, Parts of Elko, Eureka and Lander Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan and E. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Xerollic Nadurargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CORTEZ
  • PSC - 13 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cortez
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    LECI4

    POSE

    POSE

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Leymus cinereus

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    basin wildrye

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    8

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    1676

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    254

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    8.3

    17.8

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; strong thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24743
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate very thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24744
    B1t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24745
    IIB2t—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24746
    IIB3t—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24747. continuous - phpvsfiid 188352; continuous - phpvsfiid 188352
    IIC1sica—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24748
    IIC2sica—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24749
    IIC3sica—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; massive; extremely hard, very firm, weakly coherent; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; white (10YR 8/1) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and 30 percent coats on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent coats between sand grains; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24750. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 188354; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 188354
    IIIC4si—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent between sand grains and 30 percent coats between sand grains; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24751