IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CLEAVAGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV007493
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NV007493
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0760
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50154
  • 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: 41.4035149
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7014694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 55E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 60 meters W and 600 meters N of the SE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV007—Elko
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV767—Elko County, Nevada, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Blackburn and A. Washer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Lithic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 493
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CLEAVAGE
  • PSC - 15 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cleavage
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Lithic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside in mountains plateau
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04528
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04529
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films; 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04530. patchy - phpvsfiid 243753; patchy - phpvsfiid 243753
    Bt2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films; 46 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04531. patchy - phpvsfiid 243754; patchy - phpvsfiid 243754