IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VALMY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38310
  • 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: 41.0076675
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7051315
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: It is about 400 feet east and 1,100 feet south of the apparent center
  • Location Description: The site is about 3 miles northeast of Winnemucca and 400 feet south of George Hay ranch house.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV013—Humboldt
  • MLRA: 24—Humboldt Basin and Range Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV777—Humboldt County, Nevada, East Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan and L. Larsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Durorthidic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VALMY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valmy
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1966 (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

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    GRSP

    PASM

    SARCO

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Grayia spinosa

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    spiny hopsage

    western wheatgrass

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

    alkali sacaton

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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

    2

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    1335

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    203

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    10

    18.9

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots and 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24864
    B2—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24865
    C1sica—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24866
    IIC2sica—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) coarse distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24867
    IIC3sica—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and 30 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, thymol-blue; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A24868. continuous - phpvsfiid 188368; continuous - phpvsfiid 188368
    IIC4sica—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24869
    IIIC5—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24870