IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BANGO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978NV031007
  • User Pedon ID: S1978NV031007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978NV031007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0596
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46150
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.8101730
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2487717
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet south and 1000 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV031—Washoe
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV628—Washoe County, Nevada, South Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.W.Baumer & J.B. Fisher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BANGO
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rusty
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian & alluvium modified lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: low lake terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1978 (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

    ATCO

    PICRO

    SARCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Picrothamnus

    Sarcobatus

    shadscale saltbush

    bud sagebrush

    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

    2

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    1289

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    180

    150

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    12

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03535
    Bt2—6 to 28 centimeters (2.4 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine platy, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03536
    Cac1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03537
    2Cac2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03538
    3Cac3—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03539
    3Cac4—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03540
    4C5—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03541
    5C6—137 to 167 centimeters (53.9 to 65.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 78P03542