IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TROCKEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978NV031006
  • User Pedon ID: S1978NV031006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978NV031006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0595
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46149
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.9462776
  • Std. Longitude: -119.4465561
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: This site is located about 305 meters (1000 feet) North and 366 meters (1200 feet) East of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 1360—Trocken-Stumble-Bluewing association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39119-H4—Nixon NW, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O.W. Baumer, J.B. Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TROCKEN
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trocken
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landscape: bolson
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1978 (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

    ARSP5

    SAVE4

    Artemisia spinescens

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

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    greasewood

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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

    5

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    1219

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    150

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    12

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very stony sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03524
    0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 78P03534
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03525
    B1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03526
    C1ca—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03527
    C2ca—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03528
    2C3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03529
    48 to 132 centimeters (18.9 to 52.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 78P03533
    3C4—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; interstitial and 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03530
    4C5—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03531
    5C6—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 78P03532